Thinking About Complexity: Grasping the Continuum through Criticism and Pluralism

by Kurt A. Richardson

Book Overview

The aim of this essay is to introduce some of the basic ideas concerning the science of complex systems, and to develop a philosophical stance that is sensitive to complexity itself. In doing so, it is assumed that the Universe in which we find ourselves can be well-described at some arbitrarily deep level as a complex system, in particular, a cellular automaton, much like John Conway's famous Game-of-Life. It is argued that in Life there are no...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938158229
• ISBN13: 9781938158223
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Re-Emerge Book
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"