Full Idea
Complex properties do not "emerge"; they are nothing "over and above" the properties of the simple constituents duly arranged.
Gist of Idea
Complex properties are just arrangements of simple properties; they do not "emerge" as separate
Source
John Heil (Philosophy of Mind [1998], Ch.6)
Book Reference
Heil,John: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Routledge 1998], p.180
A Reaction
I am glad to see someone challenging the concept of 'emergence', which strikes me as incoherent. Small properties add up to macro-properties (like 'steep', or 'square').