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Complexity – emergence – ecological cognition
Complexity – emergence – ecological cognition

Author(s): Maciej Dombrowski
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych
Keywords: complexity; ecological cognition; emergence; affordances; processualism

Summary/Abstract: The present article constitutes an attempt at a review of a few selected questions related to the complexity paradigm and its implications for research on cognition, especially within the so-called ecological approach framework. I propose several theses, among others concerning the two contrary tendencies within the dominant methodology (the propensity to search for simplicity and the growing emphasis on recognizing complexity), as well as the ontological consequences of the phenomenon under discussion (ontological emergence and processual emergentism).

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 108-121
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English