A compromise between reductionism and non-reductionism
In Carlos Gershenson, Diederik Aerts & Bruce Edmonds (eds.), Worldviews, Science, and Us: Philosophy and Complexity. World Scientific. pp. 285 (2007)
Abstract
This paper investigates the seeming incompatibility of reductionism
and non-reductionism in the context of complexity sciences. I review
algorithmic information theory for this purpose. I offer two
physical metaphors to form a better understanding of algorithmic
complexity, and I briefly discuss its advantages, shortcomings and
applications. Then, I revisit the non-reductionist approaches in
philosophy of mind which are often arguments from ignorance to
counter physicalism. A new approach called mild non-reductionism is
proposed which reconciliates the necessities of acknowledging
irreducibility found in complex systems, and maintaining
physicalism.
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