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DESCRIPTION:\n\nTHE EMERGING HOLISTIC WORLDVIEW\nOF COMPLEX SYSTEMS\n\nwith David 
 Oertel\n\n\nWe will revisit complex systems.  I must say at the outset that 
 the Earth is a complex system, a hella complex system!  I will do my best 
 to answer the following questions about complex systems:  to begin with, 
 what IS a complex system? What are some common examples? System science, 
 the science of complex systems, is headed to supersede classical science.   
 What is the classical Cartesian worldview of mechanistic reductionism and 
 how does that contrast with the modern view of holistic complex systems?  
 How does mechanistic reductionism fail — why do we need a new scientific, 
 holistic worldview? \n\n \nTo understand how complex systems work, we need 
 to follow energy flows through the systems. This brings us to 
 non-equilibrium thermodynamics, a reformulation of classical 
 thermodynamics, which describes the modern concept of dissipative systems.  
 What is a dissipative system?  Dissipative systems reconcile the paradox of 
 the formation of life with the second law of thermodynamics.  In other 
 words, the modern conception of thermodynamics — non-equilibrium 
 thermodynamics — allows for both entropy and life to coexist.  The 
 formation of life actually preserves the second law of thermodynamics and 
 defeats the progression of matter toward high entropy (disorder).  New 
 entities and new living beings are always emerging, while adhering to the 
 second law of therodynamics, which states that matter disintegrates over 
 time!   What is emergence?  How is this possible?  There is much to 
 discuss!\n\n \nI will be drawing material from Fritjof Capra’s book, The 
 Systems View of Life, A Unifying Vision, and Dorion Sagan’s book, “Into 
 the Cool.”  Join us and participate in discussions of the holistic 
 complex systems worldview!\n\n\n"The Systems View of Life"\nby Fritjof 
 Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi\n\n"Into the Cool"\nby Eric D. Schneider and 
 Dorion Sagan\n\n\nHumanist Hall is wheelchair accessible around the corner 
 at  411  28th  Street\n\n \n$5 donations are requested\n\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/10/20/18763014.php
SUMMARY:The Emerging Holistic Worldview of Complex Systems
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nuptown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/10/20/18763014.php
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