Complexity and Postmodernism - Understanding Complex Systems

Author: Paul Cilliers
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This book is a significant work by Paul Cilliers, a South African philosopher of science. It explores the concept of complexity from the modern landscape of philosophy and science, revealing general understanding of complex systems and the prospects of complex systems theory in biological and social fields. The author discusses the relationship between complexity and postmodernism from aspects such as relational thinking, post-structuralism, complexity, and self-organization theory.