From Jim Grozier
Mark Buchanan spoils an otherwise interesting article on emergence (4 October, p 12) by describing the work of Mile Gu and colleagues as providing “a promising scientific boost” for the topic, “which tends to get swamped with philosophical arguments”. If science and philosophy are seen as two rival “camps” in this way, it can only be because some scientists are not interested in the philosophical implications of their work. Luckily, there are philosophers of science who are happy to take this on. Surely, in order to fully describe and understand the world, we need both.
Brighton, East Sussex, UK
