Paul Cilliers (complexity) meeting with Mark McKergow, 14 May 2008

[Mark McKergow]

As promised in Cologne, I met with Paul Cilliers in Utrecht on Wednesday 14 May. Notes of the meeting are attached. I will post Paul's various papers in a separate message here.

Comments on what you read please!
Cheers
Mark

[Bart van Loon]

Hi Mark,
just read your interesting notes on the meeting w/ paul cilliers.
it seems that what where working at...... is only the beginning.
it's the beginning of a great adventure!

as for now, I'm confused about the direction the complexity theory and the systems theory are heading. Am I wrong that they are faltering at the practical implications? Any suggestions?

Bart

[Mark McKergow]

I don' think you are wrong. Most people misunderstand the implications of complexity - they think it can be dealt with as if it was a normal analysable system. Bot lots of the usual strategies are closed off - leaving an SF approach as a the logical choice of what you can meaningfully do.