Complexity and Postmodernism (Understanding Complex Systems)

Author: Paul Cilliers (South Africa)
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This book is a significant work by South African philosopher of science Paul Cilliers. It explores the concept of complexity from the modern landscape of philosophy and science, revealing the 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 perspectives such as relational thinking, post-structuralism, complexity, and self-organization theory.