When Systems Decide: The Rise of Emergent Necessity and Structural Ethics
Theoretical Foundations: From Emergent Necessity Theory to the Coherence Threshold (τ) Emergent Necessity Theory frames how local interactions accumulate into indispensable global behaviors. Rather than treating emergence as merely surprising, this perspective treats emergence as a contingent necessity once certain micro-level constraints and connectivity patterns are met. The theory emphasizes that system-level properties can become…