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    A system whose behavior cannot be computed from parts ind... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→In nonlinear systems, the whole cannot be reduced to the sum of its parts.

    A system whose behavior cannot be computed from parts independently may still be fully constituted by those parts and their intrinsic properties.

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    • 1.Emergence from parts is consistent with physicalism: water's liquidity isn't computable from H2O alone, yet water is fully physical.
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    • 2.Computational tractability is epistemically limited, not ontologically fundamental. Unpredictability needn't entail non-constitution.
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    • 3.Relations between parts are intrinsic properties too. A system's relational structure can be constituted by parts without being decomposable.
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    • 1.If a system's behavior diverges from part-level computation, either parts are misdescribed or non-physical causes exist. Constitution requires computation-match.
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    • 2.Claims about 'full constitution' are empirically empty if behavior remains unpredictable from parts. What does constitution mean without determination?
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