Worldviews, Science and Us: Philosophy and Complexity : University of Liverpool, UK, 11-14 September 2005

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World Scientific, 2007 - Science - 351 pages
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 join efforts to update thinking upon philosophical questions with developments in the scientific study of complex systems. The contributions focus on a wide range of topics, but share the common goal of increasing our understanding and improving our descriptions of our complex world. This revolutionary debate includes contributions from leading experts, as well as young researchers proposing fresh ideas.
 

Contents

Introduction Carlos Gershenson Diederik Aerts and Bruce Edmonds
1
Restricted Complexity General Complexity Edgar Morin
5
Complexity Science as an Aspect of the Complexity of Science Don C Mikulecky
30
On the Importance of a Certain Slowness Paul Cilliers
53
Simplicity is Not TruthIndicative Bruce Edmonds
65
Can the Whole be More than the Computation of the Parts? A Reflection on Emergence Camilo Olaya
81
Why Diachronically Emergent Properties Must Also Be Salient Cyrille Imbert
99
On the Relativity of Recognising the Products of Emergence and the Nature of the Hierarchy of Physical Matter Kurt A Richardson
117
Some Problems for an Ontology of Complexity Michael McGuire
181
How to Love the Bomb Trying to Solve the Prisoners Dilemma with Evolutionary Game Theory Vasco Castela
203
Physical Complexity and Cognitive Evolution Peter Jedlicka
221
Autonomy Information Function Walter Riofrio
232
Grasping the Complexity of Living Systems Through Integrative Levels and Hierarchies J M Siqueiros and Jon Umerez
250
The Very Idea Nuno David Jaime Simio Sachman and Helder Coelho
266
A Compromise Between Reductionism and NonReductionism Eray Ozkural
285
The Complexity of InformationProcessing Tasks in Vision John Symons
300

Truth in Complex Adaptive Systems Models should be Based on Proof by Constructive Verification David Shipworth
141
Considerations on the New Science in the Context of Western Intellectual History Damian Popolo
156
Epistemological Considerations on Complexity Science Rodrigo Zeidan and Maria Fonseca
173
On the Possible Computational Power of the Human Mind Hector Zenil and Francisco Hernandez Quiroz
315
How Does Complex Mathemical Theory Arise? Phylogenetic and Cultural Origins of Algebra? Helen De Cruz
338
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