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Complexity has become a central topic in certain sectors of theoretical physics and chemistry (for example, in connection with nonlinearity and deterministic chaos). Also, mathematical measurements of complexity and formal characterizations of this notion have been proposed. The question of how complex systems can show properties that are different from those of their constituent parts has nurtured philosophical debates about emergence and reductionism, which are particularly important in the study of the relationship between physics, chemistry, biology and psychology. This text offers a presentation of those topics through an interdisciplinary approach in which the philosophy of science and the specialized topics of certain sciences are put in a dialogue.

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Author:   Evandro Agazzi (Univ Of Genoa, Italy) ,  Luisa Montecucco (Univ Of Genoa, Italy) ,  Luisa Montecucco (both of University of Genoa, Italy)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN:  

9789812381583

ISBN 10:   9812381589
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   04 December 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

The Notions of Complexity and Emergence: What is Complexity? (E Agazzi); On Levels and Types of Complexity and Emergence (H Lenk & A Stephan); Formal Metatheoretical Criteria of Complexity and Emergence (C U Moulines); Beyond Reductionism and Holism. The Approach of Synergetics (B Kanitscheider); Kolmogorov Complexity (J Mosterin); Modeles de Structures Emergentes dans les Systemes Complexes (J Petitot); Complexity and Emergence in Natural Science: Emergence in Physics: The Case of Classical Physics (R Omnes); Classical Properties in a Quantum-Mechanical World (A Cordero); Reduction, Integration, Emergence and Complexity in Biological Networks (J Ricard); The Emergence of the Mind: Complexity and the Emergence of Meaning: Toward a Semiophysics (F Tito Arecchi); Complexity and the Emergence of Intentionality: Some Misconceptions (M Casartelli); Can Supervenience Save the Mental? (L Montecucco); From Complexity Levels to the Separate Soul (G Del Re).

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