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BL
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1039456
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b793826
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| Main Entry
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Cilliers, Paul,1956-2011.
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Complexity and postmodernism : : understanding complex systems /\ Paul Cilliers.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1998.
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1 online resource (x, 156 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203012259
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: 0415152860
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: 0415152879
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: 9780203012253
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: 9780415152860
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: 9780415152877
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-154) and index.
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| Contents
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Chapter 1 Approaching complexity -- chapter 2 Introducing connectionism -- chapter 3 Post-structuralism, connectionism and complexity -- chapter 4 John Searle befuddles -- chapter 5 Problems with representation -- chapter 6 Self-organisation in complex systems -- chapter 7 Complexity and postmodernism -- chapter 8 Afterword: Understanding complexity.
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In Complexity and Postmodernism, Paul Cilliers offers us a unique approach to understanding complexity and computational theory by integrating postmodern theory (like that of Derrida and Lyotard) into his discussion.
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Complexity (Philosophy)
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Computational complexity.
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Postmodernism.
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Complexity (Philosophy)
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Computational complexity.
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PHILOSOPHY-- Metaphysics.
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Postmodernism.
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117
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B105.C473C55 1998eb
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