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emergent evolution

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emergent evolution
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(Philosophy) Philosophy the doctrine that, in the course of evolution, some entirely new properties, such as life and consciousness, appear at certain critical points, usually because of an unpredictable rearrangement of the already existing entities
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Noun1.emergent evolution - the appearance of entirely new properties at certain critical stages in the course of evolution
organic evolution, phylogenesis, phylogeny, evolution - (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms


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1880–September 5, 1973), was an American philosopher of critical realism and religious humanism, and a proponent of emergent evolution.
A Good Life in a World Made Good: Albert Eustace Haydon, 1880-1975 by Radest, Howard B. / The Humanist
1880–September 5, 1973), was an American philosopher of critical realism and religious humanism, and a proponent of emergent evolution.
Religion, spirituality, and humanism. (Humanist Flashback) by Sechrest, Jack / The Humanist
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