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alias: compositionality is composability without emergence
gardenid: CIT2
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# [[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](https://julesh.com/2017/04/22/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.