complexity

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Allen, T.F.H./Hoekstra, T.W. 1992. Toward a Unified Ecology. New York: Columbia University Press.

Keywords: complexity • holism • realism • reduction • simplicity.

Axelrod, R. 1997. The Complexity of Cooperation: Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Keywords: agent-based models • competition • complexity • cooperation • game theory.

Barham, J. 1999. On the objectivity of the scala naturae. Evolution and Cognition 5(1): 2—11.

Keywords: complexity • epistemic depth • hierarchy.

Blum, H.F. 1964. Complexity and organization. Synthese 15: 115—121.

Reprinted in Gregg/Harris, Form and Strategy in Science, 59—65.

Keywords: complexity • entropy • information theory • kinetics • organization • spatial pattern • thermodynamics.

Bonner, J.T. 1988. The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press.

Keywords: complexity • natural selection.

Braitenberg, V. 1984. Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology. Cambridge, MA/London: MIT Press. [chc]

Keywords: complexity • neuroscience • self-organization.

Cela-Conde, C.J. 1999. Complexity and transition: From chemical evolution to language. Biology and Philosophy 14: 117—126.

Keywords: chemical evolution • complexity • language • major transitions.

Collier, J.D./Hooker, C.A. 1999. Complexly organised dynamical systems. Open Systems and Information Dynamics 6: 241—302.

Keywords: complexity • organised dynamical systems.

Dresden, M. 1974. Reflection on 'fundamentality and complexity'. In Enz/Mehra, Physical Reality and Mathematical Description, 133—166.

Keywords: complexity • foundations • fundamentality • fuzzyness • reduction.

Frenken, K. 2001. Fitness landscapes, heuristics and technological paradigms: a critique on random search models in evolutionary economics. In Dubois, Computing Anticipatory Systems, 558—565. [abstract]

Keywords: anticipation • complexity • fitness landscape • NK-model • paradigm.

Gell-Mann, M. 1994. The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex. San Francisco: Freeman.

Keyword: complexity.

Gilbert, S.F./Sarkar, S. 2000. Embracing complexity: Organicism for the Twenty-first Century. Developmental Dynamics 219: 1—9.

Keywords: complexity • organicism.

Glymour, C./Kelly, K./Spirtes, P. 1990. Artificial intelligence and hard problems: The expected complexity of problem solving. In Pollock, Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence, #—#.

Keywords: artificial intelligence • complexity • discovery • philosophy of science • problem solving.

Greene, J.C. 1999. Reflections on Ernst MayrÎs This is Biology [Mayr 1997]. Biology and Philosophy 14: 103—116. [abstract][pdf.]

Keywords: complexity • creationism • Darwinian revolution • essentialism • ethics • history of biology • holism • human nature • natural selection • organicism.

Kampis, G. 1991. Self-modifying Systems in Biology and Cognitive Science: A New Framework for Dynamics, Information and Complexity. Oxford: Pergamon.

Keywords: cognitive systems • complexity • dynamics • information • self-modifying systems.

Kampis, G./Cs‡nyi, V. 1985. Simple models don't eliminate complexity from the real world. Journal of Theoretical Biology 115: 467—469.

Keywords: complexity • simplicity.

Kampis, G./Cs‡nyi, V. 1987. Notes on order and complexity. Journal of Theoretical Biology 124: 111—121.

Keywords: complexity • order.

Kauffman, S.A. 1995. At Home in the Universe: The Search for Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press. [TOC]

Keywords: complexity • laws • self-organization.

Khalil, E.L. 1995. Organizations, naturalism, and complexity. Review of Social Economy 53: 393—419.

Keywords: complexity • naturalism • naturalism in economics • organizations.

Khalil, E.L./Boulding, K.E., eds. 1996. Evolution, Order, and Complexity. London: Routledge.

Keywords: complexity • ecological economics • order • philosophy of science.

Knyazeva, H. 1998. Then synergetic view of human creativity. Evolution and Cognition 4: 145—155.

Keywords: attractors • complexity • creativity • discovery • mind • nonlinearity • synergetics • topology.

KŸppers, B.-O. 1993. Confrontando la complejidad. Ludus Vitalis 1(1): 117—135.

Keyword: complexity.

Küppers, G. 1999. Coping with uncertainty: New forms of knowledge production. AI and Society 13: 52—62.

Keywords: complexity • emergence • innovation • self-organization • social systems.

Lizarraga Cruchaga, X. 1993. Comportamiento humano: interacción de complejidades evolutivas Ludus Vitalis 1(1): 57—81.

Keywords: complexity • human behavior.

McIntyre, L. 1997. Gould on laws in biological Science. Biology and Philosophy 12: 357—367. [abstract][pdf.]

Keywords: biological laws • complexity • Dollo • Stephen J. Gould.

Mikkelson, G.M. 200#. Complexity and verisimilitude: Realism for ecology. Biology and Philosophy #: #—#.

Keywords: complexity • ecology • model realism • verisimilitude.

Moor, H.J. 1999. "Bio-Logik" oder was Wissen schafft. Auf der Spur des grossen Ganzen. Basel: Friedrich Reinhardt.

Keywords: biosphere • complexity • cosmology • hierarchy • information.

Morris, R. 1991. The Evolutionists: The Struggle for Darwin's Soul. New York: Freeman.

Book description, TOC

Keywords: complexity • Darwin • Darwinian fundamentalism • evidence for evolution • evolutionary psychology • fossil record • gradual evolution.

Padgett, J./Ansell, C. 1992. Robust action and the rise of the Medici. American Journal of Sociology 98: 1259—1330.

Keyword: complexity.

Riedl, R. 1998. Dealing with complex systems or how to decipher language and organisms. In Van de Vijver/Salthe/Delpos, Evolutionary Systems, 267—280.

Keywords: complexity • language • organisms.

Riedl, R. 2000. Strukturen der Komplexität: Eine Morphologie des Erkennens und Erklärens. Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer.

Keywords: Bauplan • causality • complexity • description • explanation • gestalt perception • hierarchy • homology.

Riegler, A. 1998. "The end of science": Can we overcome cognitive limitations? Evolution and Cognition 4: 37—50. [abstract]

Keywords: artifacts • cognition • complexity • constructivism • models • problem solving.

Rosen, R. 1975. Complexity and error in social dynamics. International Journal of General Systems 2: 145—148.

Keywords: complexity • error • social dynamics.

Rosen, R. 1977. Complexity as a system property. International Journal of General Systems 3: 227—232.

Keyword: complexity.

Rosen, R. 1985. On information and complexity. In Ulanowicz/Platt, Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 221—233.

Keywords: complexity • information.

Rosen, R. 1985. The physics of complexity. Systems Research 2: 171—175.

Keywords: Ashby • complexity.

Rosen, R. 1988. Complexity and information. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 22: 211—218.

Keywords: complexity • information.

Schaffner, K.F. 1999. Complexity and research strategies in behavioral genetics. In Carson/Rothstein, Behavioral Genetics, 61—88.

Keywords: behavioral genetics • complexity • research strategies.

Solé, R./Goodwin, B.C. 2000. Signs of Life: How Complexity Pervades Biology. New York: Basic Books.

Keywords: chaos • complexity • emergence • mathematical biology • order.

Ulanowicz, R.E. 1997. Ecology, the Ascendent Perspective. New York: Columbia University Press.

Keywords: complexity • ecology.

Van der Meer, J.M. 2000. The engagement of religion and biology: A case study in the mediating role of metaphor in the sociobiology of Lumsden & Wilson. Biology and Philosophy 15: 669—698. [abstract][pdf.]

Keywords: analogy • biological systems • causation • complexity • emergent materialism • hierarchy • human sociobiology • information • metaphor • methodological reduction • ontological reduction • part-whole relations • physical systems • religion and science • self-organization • social systems • theory constitution • theory reduction.

Wagensberg, J. 2000. Complexity versus uncertainty: The question of staying alive. Biology and Philosophy 15: 493—508. [abstract][pdf.]

Keywords: complexity • entropy balance • environment independence • evolution • fundamental identity • information • uncertainty.

Wimsatt, W.C. 1974. Complexity and organization. In , PSA, , 67—86. [chc]

Keywords: complexity • organization.

Ziman, J. 2000. Selectionism and complexity. In Ziman, Technological Innovation as an Evolutionary Process, 41—51.

Keywords: complexity • selectionism.

Zurek, W.H., ed. 1990. Complexity, Entropy, and the Physics of Information. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Keywords: complexity • entropy • information • physics.