# Emergence | ![thumbnail \| 150](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/SnowflakesWilsonBentley.jpg/320px-SnowflakesWilsonBentley.jpg) | In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, **Emergence** occurs when a complex entity has properties or behaviors that its parts do not have on their own, and emerge only when they interact in a wider whole. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Emergence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence) |