The Bottom-Up Approach: Benefits and Limits

A Reply to Aaron Gutknecht

Authors

Holk Cruse

holk.cruse @ uni-bielefeld.de

Universität Bielefeld

Bielefeld, Germany

Malte Schilling

malte.schilling @ uni-bielefeld.de

Universität Bielefeld

Bielefeld, Germany

Commentator

Aaron Gutknecht

aaron-gutknecht @ gmx.de

Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität

Frankfurt a. M., Germany

Editors

Thomas Metzinger

metzinger @ uni-mainz.de

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität

Mainz, Germany

Jennifer M. Windt

jennifer.windt @ monash.edu

Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

Aaron Gutknecht supports our bottom-up approach, specifies possible limits and highlights interesting future aspects. His added perspective is valuable and interesting to us. As we fully agree with his view, we only add some complementary remarks.

Keywords

Bottom-up approach | Concept clarifying machine | Emergence | Emotions in arthropods | We-model