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Friedrich Paul Cilliers (25 December 1956 – 31 July 2011) was a South-African

complex systems.[2]

Biography

Cilliers studied at

Cambridge University under supervision of Johan Degenaar and Mary Hesse.[1]

Cilliers started his academic career at Stellenbosch University, where in 1993 he became a lecturer in philosophy. Since 2003 he was Professor of Complexity and Philosophy at Stellenbosch. In the year 2008 he was Visiting Professor at the University of Humanistic Studies in Utrecht in the Netherlands.

In 2006 Cilliers was awarded the

National Research Foundation of South Africa awarded him an A-rating, and in 2010 he was elected fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.[1]

Work

Cilliers' research specialisation was on complexity, ethical implications of complexity theory and philosophy of science. In his book Complexity and Postmodernism[5] he takes a postmodern approach to complexity.

Publications

Cilliers authored and co-authored numerous publications in the field of philosophy and complexity science.[6] Books, a selection:

  • 1998. Complexity and Postmodernism. Understanding complex systems. London: Routledge.
  • 2007. Thinking Complexity. Paul Cilliers (ed.). Mansfield USA : ISCE Publishing.
  • 2009: Complexity, Difference and Identity. An ethical perspective. Paul Cilliers and Rika Allen. (eds.)

Articles, a selection:

  • Cilliers, Paul. "Knowledge, complexity, and understanding." Emergence, A Journal of Complexity Issues in Organizations and Management 2.4 (2000): 7-13.
  • Cilliers, Paul (2000). "What can we learn from a theory of complexity?" (PDF). Emergence. 2 (1): 23–33.
    doi:10.1207/S15327000EM0201_03
    .
  • Cilliers, Paul (2001). "Boundaries, hierarchies and networks in complex systems" (PDF). International Journal of Innovation Management. 5 (2): 135–147.
    doi:10.1142/S1363919601000312
    .
  • Richardson, Kurt A., Paul Cilliers, and Michael Lissack. "Complexity Science." Emergence 3.2 (2001): 6-18.
  • Cilliers, Paul. "Complexity, deconstruction and relativism." Theory, Culture & Society 22.5 (2005): 255-267.
  • Heylighen, Francis, Paul Cilliers, and Carlos Gershenson
    . "Complexity and philosophy." arXiv preprint cs/0604072 (2006).

References

  1. ^ a b c "Stellenbosch University mourns passing of top academic". Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. ^ Hofmeyr, Jan-Hendrik (2012). "Friedrich Paul Cilliers: Philosopher (1956–2011)" (PDF). S Afr J Sci. 3 (4 ed.): 108. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Cilliers website at the Centre for Studies in Complexity". Archived from the original on 22 June 2012.
  4. ISBN 978-1-4462-0974-5
    . Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. ISBN 0415152879
    .
  6. ^ Paul Cilliers at Google Scholar.com.

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