Check out the new link! it's about some main contemporary ideas and statements in design. at first glance the site content is vague a bit but i think it's worthy to have a look at it
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What we can do with it... without thinking too much
In philosophy, systems theory and science, emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions. Emergence is central to the theories of integrative levels and of complex systems.