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Format: 1 online resource (302 p.)

ISBN: 1-5015-0259-X , 1-5015-0261-1

Series Statement: Categories, Volume 6

Content: This book is a collection of all the single authored essays by Paul Cilliers, published between 1990-2011. Being one of few authors who approached the study of complexity from a philosophical perspective, the main themes in these papers explore:- Qualitative characterization of complexity and the normative implications of studying complex adaptive systems,- the philosophical and conceptual similarity to post-structural approaches- how any engagement with complexity leads to a critical engagement with how we do science and design interventions- critical and normative implications for how to engage with complex socio-political concerns in the world. What makes this book unique is that it consolidates a body of work that is distributed over a wide range of academic journals. Although his book "Complexity and Postmodernism" (Routledge, 1998) remains a cornerstone in the field of complexity studies, Cilliers’ journal essays really explore the application of the theoretical concepts in more depth. His ground-breaking ideas conceptualized in these essays have served as a continual source of novelty and inspiration in the process of applying complexity thinking to other fields of study.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Frontmatter -- , Table of Contents -- , Acknowledgements -- , Foreword -- , Introduction -- , The brain, the mental apparatus and the text -- , Rules and relations -- , Rules and complex systems -- , What can we learn from a theory of complexity? -- , Knowledge, complexity and understanding -- , Boundaries, hierarchies and networks in complex systems -- , Why we cannot know complex things completely -- , Knowledge, limits and boundaries -- , Postmodern knowledge and complexity (or why anything does not go) -- , Complexity, deconstruction and relativism -- , On Derrida and apartheid -- , Justice, law and philosophy -- , Complexity, ethics and justice -- , Difference, identity and complexity -- , Complexity and philosophy -- , Deconstruction and complexity -- , Towards an economy of complexity -- , The ethics of complexity and the complexity of ethics -- , Author Index , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-5015-1079-7

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

DOI: 10.1515/9781501502590

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501502590

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Format: 1 online resource (302p.)

ISBN: 9781501502590

Series Statement: Categories ; 6

Content: Contemporary theories on complex adaptive systems stem from a natural science perspective. Paul Cilliers was one of the first complexity thinkers to translate the theoretical concepts into a qualitative and normative understanding of complexity. This collected volume of essays consolidates his later work. The introduction by Preiser and Woermann reflects on the significance of his contribution within the broader field of complex systems thinking.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Table of Contents -- , Acknowledgements -- , Foreword -- , Introduction -- , Part 1: Single-authored Papers. Theme 1: Characterising Complexity -- , The brain, the mental apparatus and the text -- , Rules and relations -- , Rules and complex systems -- , What can we learn from a theory of complexity? -- , Knowledge, complexity and understanding -- , Boundaries, hierarchies and networks in complex systems -- , Why we cannot know complex things completely -- , Knowledge, limits and boundaries -- , Part 1: Single-authored Papers. Theme 2: Complexity and Philosophy -- , Postmodern knowledge and complexity (or why anything does not go) -- , Complexity, deconstruction and relativism -- , On Derrida and apartheid -- , Justice, law and philosophy -- , Complexity, ethics and justice -- , Part 1: Single-authored Papers. Theme 3: Implications of Complexity Thinking -- , Difference, identity and complexity -- , Complexity and philosophy -- , Part 2: Posthumous after 2011. Theme 1: Critical Complexity -- , Deconstruction and complexity -- , Towards an economy of complexity -- , The ethics of complexity and the complexity of ethics -- , Author Index , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 978-1-5015-1079-3

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781501502590

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501502590

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (302 p.)

ISBN: 1-5015-0259-X , 1-5015-0261-1

Series Statement: Categories, Volume 6

Content: This book is a collection of all the single authored essays by Paul Cilliers, published between 1990-2011. Being one of few authors who approached the study of complexity from a philosophical perspective, the main themes in these papers explore:- Qualitative characterization of complexity and the normative implications of studying complex adaptive systems,- the philosophical and conceptual similarity to post-structural approaches- how any engagement with complexity leads to a critical engagement with how we do science and design interventions- critical and normative implications for how to engage with complex socio-political concerns in the world. What makes this book unique is that it consolidates a body of work that is distributed over a wide range of academic journals. Although his book "Complexity and Postmodernism" (Routledge, 1998) remains a cornerstone in the field of complexity studies, Cilliers’ journal essays really explore the application of the theoretical concepts in more depth. His ground-breaking ideas conceptualized in these essays have served as a continual source of novelty and inspiration in the process of applying complexity thinking to other fields of study.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Frontmatter -- , Table of Contents -- , Acknowledgements -- , Foreword -- , Introduction -- , The brain, the mental apparatus and the text -- , Rules and relations -- , Rules and complex systems -- , What can we learn from a theory of complexity? -- , Knowledge, complexity and understanding -- , Boundaries, hierarchies and networks in complex systems -- , Why we cannot know complex things completely -- , Knowledge, limits and boundaries -- , Postmodern knowledge and complexity (or why anything does not go) -- , Complexity, deconstruction and relativism -- , On Derrida and apartheid -- , Justice, law and philosophy -- , Complexity, ethics and justice -- , Difference, identity and complexity -- , Complexity and philosophy -- , Deconstruction and complexity -- , Towards an economy of complexity -- , The ethics of complexity and the complexity of ethics -- , Author Index , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-5015-1079-7

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781501502590

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Format: 1 online resource (302 pages) : , illustrations.

ISBN: 9781501502590 (e-book)

Series Statement: Categories, Volume 6

Additional Edition: Print version: Cilliers, Paul, 1956-2011. Critical complexity : collected essays. Berlin, Germany ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, c2016 ISSN 2198-1868 ISBN 9781501510793

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

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