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Category Archives: Complexity theory
Self-Organization, Emergence and Multi-Agent Systems
We begin by describing the importance of emergence and the need, in certain situations, to move away from a reduction mindset to a more holist approach. We define the term emergence in context of self-organizing systems, autopoiesis and chaotic systems. … Continue reading
Posted in Agents, Autopoiesis, Chaos, Complexity theory, Emergence, Self-organizing systems
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Self-Organization, Emergence, and Constraint in Complex Natural Systems
Contemporary complexity theory has been instrumental in providing novel rigorous definitions for some classic philosophical concepts, including emergence. In an attempt to provide an account of emergence that is consistent with complexity and dynamical systems theory, several authors have turned … Continue reading
Posted in Complex system, Complexity, Complexity theory, Constraint, Emergence, Self-organization, Systems
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The Architecture of Complexity – from Network Structure to Human Dynamics
The purpose of this article is to illustrate, through the example of human dynamics, that a thorough understanding of complex systems requires an understanding of network dynamics as well as network topology and architecture. After an overview of the topology … Continue reading
Complexity Leadership Theory – shifting Leadership from the Industrial Age to the Knowledge Era
Leadership models of the last century have been products of top-down, bureaucratic paradigms. These models are eminently effective for an economy premised on physical production but are not well-suited for a more knowledge oriented economy. Complexity science suggests a different … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptive leadership, Complex adaptive system, Complexity leadership, Complexity theory, Leadership
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A Complexity Theory for Public Policy
Complexity theory has become popular in the natural and social sciences over the last few decades as a result of the advancements in our understanding of the complexities in natural and social phenomena. Concepts and methods of complexity theory have … Continue reading
Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education
Complexity theory offers some useful insights into the nature of continuity and change and is thus of considerable interest in both the philosophical and practical understanding of educational and institutional change. Complexity theory’s notion of emergence implies that, given a … Continue reading
Posted in Complexity & education, Complexity theory, Philosophy of education
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Complexity Theory for a Sustainable Future
Complexity theory illuminates the many interactions between natural and social systems, providing a better understanding of the general principles that can help solve some of today’s most pressing environmental issues. Complexity theory was developed from key ideas in economics, physics, … Continue reading
Santa Fe Institute’s MOOC on Complex Systems Sciences
Santa Fe Institute will be launching a series of MOOCs (Massive Open On-line Courses), covering the field of complex systems science. Our first course, Introduction to Complexity, will be an accessible introduction to the field, with no pre-requisites. You don’t … Continue reading
Complexity: A Guided Tour
What enables individually simple insects like ants to act with such precision and purpose as a group? How do trillions of individual neurons produce something as extraordinarily complex as consciousness? What is it that guides self-organizing structures like the immune … Continue reading
Building a Science of Complexity
It is argued that in order to solve complex problems we need a new approach, which is neither reductionistic nor holistic, but based on the entanglement of distinction and connection, of disorder and order, thus defining a science of complexity. … Continue reading
Posted in Complexity, Complexity science, Complexity theory, Science
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