Re: new book with complexity, impredicativity concepts

["Tim Gwinn" <***>]

Hi Dan,

That does sound like it might be Rosenesque! I did a search on the author's
name and came up with many references, including this link on a workshop:
http://www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/eve/ws1.html
which includes a description of a paper he contributes about complexity
which "put into focus issues of multiple scales of observation and
non-equivalent descriptions, arguing that this was the starting point for
addressing the complexity problem."

Hmm, could be interesting! Are you going to order it?

Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ROSEN Forum [mailto:*** Behalf Of Dan
> Fiscus
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 2:06 PM
> To: ***
> Subject: new book with complexity, impredicativity concepts
>
>
> Folks (on both Rosen/complexity) lists,
>
> This new book sounds promising, though maybe not in the
> field of study of most folks (does fit for me, as I first saw
> need for Rosen/complexity by studying agroecosystems, and
> I still see these systems as integral to sustainable human
> futures and requiring aid of complexity to get there):
>
> Multi-scale Integrated Analysis of Agroecosystems. Mario
> Giampietro. CRC Press Nov. 2003. Some promo info from
> the flyer:
>
> Exposes the clash of reductionist methods vs the complexity
> of actual systems
>
> Applies complex system theory to the study of agroecosystems
>
> Introduces the concepts of Multi-scale Mosaic Effect,
> Impredicative Loop Analysis and Surfing Complex Time
>
> Complex systems thinking: daring to violate basic taboos of
> reductionism
>
> Impredicative  Loop Analysis: dealing with chicken-egg
> processes (with Kozo Mayumi)
>
> FYI,
>
> Dan