Worldviews, Science And Us : Philosophy And Complexity.

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 informati...

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Main Author: Gershenson, Carlos
Other Authors: Aerts, Diederik, Edmonds, Bruce
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : World Scientific, 2007.
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (359 pages)
ISBN:9789812707420
9812707425
1281121495
9781281121493
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.