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9780300169348

Simplexity : Simplifying Principles for a Complex World

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300169348

  • ISBN10:

    0300169345

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2012-01-24
  • Publisher: Yale University Press

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Summary

In this book a noted physiologist and neuroscientist introduces the concept of simplexity, the set of solutions living organisms find that enable them to deal with information and situations, while taking into account past experiences and anticipating future ones. Such solutions are new ways of addressing problems so that actions may be taken more quickly, more elegantly, and more efficiently. In a sense, the history of living organisms may be summed up by their remarkable ability to find solutions that avoid the world's complexity by imposing on it their own rules and functions. Evolution has resolved the problem of complexity not by simplifying but by finding solutions whose processesthough they can sometimes be complexallow us to act in the midst of complexity and of uncertainty. Nature can inspire us by making us realize that simplification is never simple and requires instead that we choose, refuse, connect, and imagine, in order to act in the best possible manner. Such solutions are already being applied in design and engineering and are significant in biology, medicine, economics, and the behavioral sciences.

Author Biography

Alain Berthoz is professor of physiology emeritus at the Collège de France, where he heads the Laboratory of the Physiology of Perception and Action. He lives in Paris.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. xiii
Remember To Dare
Making the Complex Simplexp. 3
Sketching a Theory of Simplexityp. 12
Gaze and Empathyp. 23
Attentionp. 40
The Brain as Emulator and Creator of Worldsp. 59
Simplexity in Perceptionp. 73
Walking On The Moon
The Laws of Natural Movementp. 95
The Simplex Gesturep. 108
Walking: A Challenge to Complexityp. 120
The Realm Of Thought
Simplex Spacep. 143
Perceiving, Experiencing, and Imagining Spacep. 169
The Spatial Foundations of Rational Thoughp. 178
Epiloguep. 199
Notesp. 211
Indexp. 251
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