Emergent complex systems

dc.contributor.authorFuntowicz, S.en
dc.contributor.authorRavetz, J. R.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:56:12Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:56:12Zen
dc.date.issued1994en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractComplex systems are becoming the focus of important innovative research and application in many areas, reflecting the progressive displacement of classical physics and the emergence of a new and creative role for mathematics. This article makes a distinction between ordinary and emergent complexity and argues that a full analysis requires dialectical thinking. In so doing the authors aim to provide a philosophical foundation for post-normal science. The exploratory analysis developed here is complementary to those conducted with more formal, mathematical approach, and begins to articulate what lies on the other side of that somewhat indistinct divide, the conceptual space called emergent complexity.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier1412en
dc.identifier.citationFutures 26(6): 568-582en
dc.identifier.issn0016-3287en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66119en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherButterworth-Heinemann Ltd.en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 1994 Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSustainabilityen
dc.subjectOrdinary complexityen
dc.subjectEmergent complexityen
dc.subjectContradictionsen
dc.subjectDisastersen
dc.subjectPost-normal scienceen
dc.subjectEthicsen
dc.titleEmergent complex systemsen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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