Worldviews, science and us : philosophy and complexity : University of Liverpool, UK, 11-14 September 2005 / editors, Carlos Gershenson, Diederik Aerts, Bruce Edmonds.

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Philosophy and complexity

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Contents:

Introduction Carlos Gershenson, Diederik Aerts and Bruce Edmonds; Restricted Complexity, General Complexity Edgar Morin; Complexity Science as an Aspect of the Complexity of Science Don C. Mikulecky; On the Importance of a Certain Slowness Paul Cilliers; Simplicity is Not Truth-Indicative Bruce Edmonds; Can the Whole be More than the Computation of the Parts? A Reflection on Emergence Camilo Olaya; Why Diachronically Emergent Properties Must Also Be Salient Cyrille Imbert.

Summary: Scientific, technological, and cultural changes have always had an impact upon philosophy. They can force a change in the way we perceive the world, reveal new kinds of phenomena to be understood, and provide new ways of understanding phenomena. Complexity science, immersed in a culture of information, is having a diverse but particularly significant impact upon philosophy. Previous ideas do not necessarily sit comfortably with the new paradigm, resulting in new ideas or new interpretations of old ideas. In this unprecedented interdisciplinary volume, researchers from different backgrounds joi.

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Scientific, technological, and cultural changes have always had an impact upon philosophy. They can force a change in the way we perceive the world, reveal new kinds of phenomena to be understood, and provide new ways of understanding phenomena. Complexity science, immersed in a culture of information, is having a diverse but particularly significant impact upon philosophy. Previous ideas do not necessarily sit comfortably with the new paradigm, resulting in new ideas or new interpretations of old ideas. In this unprecedented interdisciplinary volume, researchers from different backgrounds joi.

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