Knowledge, information and meaning Tackling Complexity CHARACTERISTICS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS (2008)
3. The interaction is usually quite rich. 4. The interaction is non-linear. 5. No direct link necessary for distant elements to interact – other elements mediate. 6. There is an abundance of...
From representation to emergence: complexity’s challenge to the epistemology of schooling (2008)
Osberg, Deborah, Biesta, Gert J. J., Cilliers, Paul
In modern,Western societies the purpose of schooling is to ensure that school-goers acquire knowledge of pre-existing practices, events, entities and so on.The knowledge that is learned is then...
Kurt A. Richardson, Paul Cilliers, Michael Lissack
ABSTRACT: This paper explores the implications of the incompressibility of complex systems for the analysis and modelling of such systems. In particular, a provisional epistemology will be developed...
Kurt A. Richardson, Graham Mathieson, Paul Cilliers
Though postmodernist and complexity schools of thought are not new developments, their influence on operational analysis (OA), and in particular, military OA is recent. Independent of these...
Kurt A. Richardson, Paul Cilliers, Michael Lissack
ABSTRACT: This paper explores the implications of the incompressibility of complex systems for the analysis and modelling of such systems. In particular, a provisional epistemology will be developed...
Complexity Thinking: A Middle Way for Analysts (2007)
Kurt A. Richardson, Paul Cilliers, Michael Lissack
ABSTRACT: This paper explores the implications of the incompressibility of complex systems for the analysis and modelling of such systems. In particular, a provisional epistemology (theory of...
Complexity and Philosophy (2006)
Heylighen, Francis, Cilliers, Paul, Gershenson, Carlos
The science of complexity is based on a new way of thinking that stands in sharp contrast to the philosophy underlying Newtonian science, which is based on reductionism, determinism, and objective...
Complexity and Philosophy (2006)
Heylighen, Francis, Cilliers, Paul, Gershenson, Carlos
The science of complexity is based on a new way of thinking that stands in sharp contrast to the philosophy underlying Newtonian science, which is based on reductionism, determinism, and objective...
Complexity and Philosophy (2006)
Heylighen, Francis, Cilliers, Paul, Gershenson, Carlos
The science of complexity is based on a new way of thinking that stands in sharp contrast to the philosophy underlying Newtonian science, which is based on reductionism, determinism, and objective...
Complexity and Philosophy (2006)
Heylighen, Francis, Cilliers, Paul, Gershenson, Carlos
The science of complexity is based on a new way of thinking that stands in sharp contrast to the philosophy underlying Newtonian science, which is based on reductionism, determinism, and objective...
Complexity science: A ‘gray’ science for the ‘stuff in between (2001)
Kurt A. Richardson, Paul Cilliers, Michael Lissack
It is becoming rather monotonous continually reading articles that tell us how the concept of and the requirements for the modern organization are changing, how these are more complex than ever, and...
Complexity Science: A ‘Grey’ Science for the ‘Stuff in Between (2001)
Kurt A. Richardson, Paul Cilliers, Michael Lissack
ABSTRACT: This paper explores the implications of the incompressibility of complex systems for the analysis and modelling of such systems. In particular, a provisional epistemology will be developed...
Kurt A. Richardson, Paul Cilliers
Though postmodernist and complexity schools of thought are not new developments, their influence on operational analysis (OA), and in particular, military OA is recent. Independent of these...