Science, complexity, and the natures of existence

Slides by George Ellis as presented at COSAC in July 2005 outlining:

  1. The nature of true complexity
  2. Bottom-up and top-down action
  3. Feedback control systems and information
  4. The nature of causality
  5. Emergence and the laws of nature
  6. The challenge to physics and chemistry

 

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