Thinking About Complexity: Grasping the Continuum Through Criticism and Pluralism - Couverture souple

Richardson, Kurt Antony

 
9780984216451: Thinking About Complexity: Grasping the Continuum Through Criticism and Pluralism
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ISBN 10 : 0984216456 ISBN 13 : 9780984216451
Editeur : ISCE Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

The aim of this short essay is to introduce some of the basic ideas concerning the science of complex systems, and to develop a philosophical stance that is sensitive to complexity itself. In doing so, it is assumed that the Universe in which we find ourselves can be well-described at some arbitrarily deep level as a complex system, in particular, a cellular automaton, much like John Conway's famous Game-of-Life. It is argued that in Life there are no real and absolute boundaries, although many patterns can be uncovered that can be used to build sufficient levels of understanding to allow us to interact with our environment in useful ways, although always accepting that this understanding must be regarded as both approximate and always under review. In short, Dr. Richardson is suggesting that the notion of existence itself must be problematized, so that through constructive criticism and pluralism local 'truths' (with a small 't'), or monisms, can be discovered and temporarily applied. Such a view regards the Universe as simultaneously both deterministic and non-deterministic, and that our own sentience is little more than an illusion derived from a particularly limited perspective. The distinction between what is absolutely real and what is substantially real is a subtle one, but it is such subtleties that differentiate between Capitalists, Scientists, Marxists, Theologists, as well as what makes each of us intellectually unique. These postmodern-esque conclusions are not new. The fact that they can be derived from a strongly realist approach, however, may surprise some.

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Éditeur
ISCE Publishing
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0984216456
ISBN 13 
9780984216451
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
116
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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