[[Citation]]

[[Gordon Brander]]

[[Description]]

• [[Author]]: [[Gordon Brander]]
• [[Reference]]: https://gordonbrander.com/pattern/compositionality-is-composability-without-emergence/

[[Comments]]

• Moreover I claim that non-compositionality is a barrier to scientific understanding, because it breaks the reductionist methodology of always dividing a system into smaller components and translating explanations into lower levels.

  Hedges, 2017, On Compositionality

  • I believe this is false. [[Science]] can't be reducted to [[reduction]].
    • It's possible that [[Gordon Brander]] agrees:

      • I’m interested in composition specifically because it can provoke emergence. Emergence requires a mechanism of composition.