Complexity – emergence – ecological cognition
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 tend...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Maria Curie-Sklodowska University
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Avant |
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| Online Access: | http://avant.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/MD-Complexity-emergence-ecological-cognition.pdf |
| Summary: | 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). |
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| ISSN: | 2082-7598 2082-6710 |