?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=What+is+Complexity%3F+-+The+philosophy+of+complexity+per+se+with+application+to+some+examples+in+evolution&rft.creator=Edmonds%2C+Bruce&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=It+is+argued+that+complexity+has+only+a+limited+use+as+a+paradigm+against+reductionist+approaches+and+that+it+has+a+much+richer+potential+as+a+comparable+property.+What+can+complexity+be+usefully+said+to+be+a+property+of+is+discussed.+It+is+argued+that+it+is+unlikely+to+have+any+useful+value+as+applied+to+real+object+or+systems.+Further+that+even+relativising+it+to+an+observer+has+problems.+It+is+proposed+that+complexity+can+be+only+usefully+applied+to+constructions+within+a+given+language.+It+is+argued+that+complexity+is+usefully+differentiated+from+the+concepts+of+size%2C+ignorance%2C+variety%2C+minimum+description+length+and+order.+A+definition+of+complexity+is+proposed+which+can+be+summarised+as+follows%3A+That+property+of+a+language+expression+which+makes+it+difficult+to+formulate+its+overall+behaviour+even+when+given+almost+complete+information+about+its+atomic+components+and+their+inter-relations..+Some+of+the+consequences+of+this+definition+are+discussed.+It+is+shown+that+this+definition+encompasses+several+existing+varieties+of+complexity+measures+and+is+then+applied+to+some+examples+pertaining+to+the+evolution+of+complex'+systems+including%3A+%22What+is+the+complexity+that+has+evolved+in+organisms+and+has+it+increased%3F%22.&rft.publisher=Kluwer%2C+Dordrecht&rft.contributor=Heylighen%2C+F.&rft.contributor=Aerts%2C+D.&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F357%2F1%2FevolcompA4.ps&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F357%2F4%2Fevolcomp.pdf&rft.identifier=++Edmonds%2C+Bruce++(1995)+What+is+Complexity%3F+-+The+philosophy+of+complexity+per+se+with+application+to+some+examples+in+evolution.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F357%2F