The Complex Systems Approach: Rhetoric or Revolution

The Complex Systems Approach: Rhetoric or Revolution

The complex systems approach (CSA) to characterizing cognitive function is purported to underlie a conceptual and methodological revolution by its proponents. I examine one central claim from each of the contributed papers and argue that the provided examples do not justify calls for radical change in how we do cognitive science. Instead, I note how currently available approaches in ''standard'...

Biological Computation as the Revolution of Complex Engineered Systems

Provided that there is no theoretical frame for complex engineered systems (CES) as yet, this paper claims that bio-inspired engineering can help provide such a frame. Within CES bio-inspired systems play a key role. The disclosure from bio-inspired systems and biological computation has not been sufficiently worked out, however. Biological computation is to be taken as the processing of inform...

Evolution or revolution: changes in the approach to urologic care.

the United States, standard open radical prostatectomy has almost been abandoned and replaced by robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP). In Canada, there are very few robotic systems other than in the major teaching centers. As we see in the article by Yuh and colleagues, the move from RALRP to robot-assisted partial nephrectomies was a natural evolution of the application of...

Rhetoric, Comedy, or Shock? Bruce Gilley’s Case of Anachronism

The politics of pain: rhetoric or reform?