RT @EronenIlkka: @wrwveit This article is excellent: Ladyman, Lambert & Wiesner (2013): What is a complex system? https://t.co/L0rzbFLnX0 T…
What is a complex system? https://t.co/InnZtTHfeM
In their 2013 review, Ladyman, Lambert & Wiesner gives some answers: one is that complex systems - and I would argue ant colonies are - are ‘distributed’ and lack a central control. Another is that these systems have an inbuilt ability to correct erro
Reading this phenomenal review of what can be said about complex systems, I am again struck that the work of Niklas Luhmann did not have a stronger impact on the complexity literature. Is it because of the language barrier? Or the diversity of his sources?
@wrwveit This article is excellent: Ladyman, Lambert & Wiesner (2013): What is a complex system? https://t.co/L0rzbFLnX0 They also have a new book on the same topic, but I haven't read it yet.
What is a complex system? https://t.co/MNTrEYndru via @instapaper