Empirical Paradox, Complexity Thinking and Generating New Kinds of Knowledge

Empirical Paradox, Complexity Thinking and Generating New Kinds of Knowledge
Author :
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 284
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781527535527
ISBN-13 : 1527535525
Rating : 4/5 (525 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Empirical Paradox, Complexity Thinking and Generating New Kinds of Knowledge by : Paolo Grigolini

Download or read book Empirical Paradox, Complexity Thinking and Generating New Kinds of Knowledge written by Paolo Grigolini and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-05 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is another world war inevitable? The answer is a resounding “yes” if we continue to think in terms of “either/or” outcomes. Adversaries think in such terms, you either get what you want, or you do not. Can a different way of thinking produce a different outcome? This book shows that the consistency demanded by the linear, logical either/or thinking is disrupted by paradox, whose resolution forces a consequent decision: war or peace, with no middle ground. If this were the only way of thinking then a person would be either a protagonist or an antagonist, but a person can be both, either, or neither; this opens the door to novel solutions. This is “both/and” thinking, which the book shows can be achieved by a dynamic resolution of paradox. Thus, a basically selfish individual can also be a hero; a consequence of the complexity of being human.


Empirical Paradox, Complexity Thinking and Generating New Kinds of Knowledge Related Books

Empirical Paradox, Complexity Thinking and Generating New Kinds of Knowledge
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: Paolo Grigolini
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-05 - Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

GET EBOOK

Is another world war inevitable? The answer is a resounding “yes” if we continue to think in terms of “either/or” outcomes. Adversaries think in such te
Crucial Events: Why Are Catastrophes Never Expected?
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: Bruce J West
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-05-12 - Publisher: World Scientific

GET EBOOK

A nonsimple (complex) system indicates a mix of crucial and non-crucial events, with very different statistical properties. It is the crucial events that determ
Complexity and Postmodernism
Language: en
Pages: 170
Authors: Paul Cilliers
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-09-11 - Publisher: Routledge

GET EBOOK

In Complexity and Postmodernism, Paul Cilliers explores the idea of complexity in the light of contemporary perspectives from philosophy and science. Cilliers o
The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Paradox
Language: en
Pages: 625
Authors: Wendy K. Smith
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

GET EBOOK

The notion of paradox dates back to ancient philosophy, yet only recently have scholars started to explore this idea in organizational phenomena. Two decades ag
Implementation Science
Language: en
Pages: 343
Authors: Frances Rapport
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-06-07 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

GET EBOOK

This accessible textbook introduces a wide spectrum of ideas, approaches, and examples that make up the emerging field of implementation science, including impl