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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Main Author: Maciej Dombrowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Maria Curie-Sklodowska University 2012-12-01
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Online Access:http://avant.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/MD-Complexity-emergence-ecological-cognition.pdf
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-609c577b97dc4fc998089f3c3e4ef7fb2023-12-02T14:12:05ZengMaria Curie-Sklodowska UniversityAvant2082-75982082-67102012-12-0132/2012108121Complexity – emergence – ecological cognitionMaciej DombrowskiThe 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).http://avant.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/MD-Complexity-emergence-ecological-cognition.pdfcomplexityecological cognitionemergenceaffordancesprocessualism
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ecological cognition
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title Complexity – emergence – ecological cognition
title_full Complexity – emergence – ecological cognition
title_fullStr Complexity – emergence – ecological cognition
title_full_unstemmed Complexity – emergence – ecological cognition
title_short Complexity – emergence – ecological cognition
title_sort complexity emergence ecological cognition
topic complexity
ecological cognition
emergence
affordances
processualism
url http://avant.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/MD-Complexity-emergence-ecological-cognition.pdf
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