[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_systems Complexity theory] (also called "science of [[complexity]]"), is a contemporary heir of systems thinking. It comprises both computational and holistic, relational approaches towards understanding [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_adaptive_systems complex adaptive systems] and, especially in the latter, its [[methods]] can be seen as the polar [[opposite]] to reductive methods. General [[theories]] of complexity have been proposed, and numerous complexity institutes and departments have sprung up around the world. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute Santa Fe Institute] is arguably the most famous of them.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holism] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_systems Complexity theory] (also called "science of [[complexity]]"), is a contemporary heir of systems thinking. It comprises both computational and holistic, relational approaches towards understanding [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_adaptive_systems complex adaptive systems] and, especially in the latter, its [[methods]] can be seen as the polar [[opposite]] to reductive methods. General [[theories]] of complexity have been proposed, and numerous complexity institutes and departments have sprung up around the world. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute Santa Fe Institute] is arguably the most famous of them.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holism] |