[MaFLa] invitation to a talk on `Is there a complexity science paradigm?` by Lena Zuchowski (University of Bristol) - Tuesday, 23 January, 2018, 3.30 PM, Nádor 15, Room 103

[Krisztina Biber]

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk
(as part of its Departmental Colloquium series)
by
Lena Zuchowski (University of Bristol)
on
Is there a complexity science paradigm?

Tuesday, 23 January, 2018, 3.30 PM, Nádor 15, Room 103


ABSTRACT



I will present results from novel analyses of the use of definitions and models in complexity science. In particular, I will show that - while different complexity definitions require different and even exclusive combinations of different criteria - all complexity definitions require contrasting dynamical and phenomenological criteria. Therefore, a contrast between dynamics and phenomenology appears to constitute the conceptual heart of complexity science. I will then propose that the existence of such dynamics-phenomenology contrasts should be used as a minimal definition of the concept of complexity. Furthermore, I assert that the construction of models in complexity science is characterised by a particular structure: many models in complexity science are horizontally constructed and subsequently transferred to specific target systems. Using the results of these analyses, I will argue that complexity science can be viewed as possessing a Kuhnian paradigm.



Krisztina Biber
Department of Philosophy
Coordinator
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