"The view from complexity claims that we cannot know complex things completely... modest positions are inescapable... …"

"I do not know whether it was the will of God, or just an evolutionary accident, but as it happens I am Afrikaans. Thi…"

"There is no over-arching theory of complexity that allows us to ignore the contingent aspects of complex systems. If …"

"At the heart of the matter... our technologies have become more powerful than our theories... We can do with technolo…"

"In order to constitute a complex system, the elements have to interact, and this interaction must be dynamic."

"There has to be a constant flow of energy to maintain the organization of the system and to ensure its survival. Equi…"

"Each element in the system is ignorant of the behaviour of the system as a whole, it responds only to information tha…"

"It bears repetition that an argument against representation is not anti-scientific at all. It is merely an argument a…"

"A certain theory of representation implies a certain theory of meaning - and meaning is what we live by."

"In our analysis of complex systems (like the brain and language) we must avoid the trap of trying to find master keys…"