Eric, Mike, et al,
I think complex systems theory works quite well as a metaphor. Of
course, it doesn't explain human behavior....it provides ways of
imagining/thinking about relationships, change, emergence. Recursion is
certainly useful for thinking about what transpires in CHAT, don't you
think?
Molly
MnFamilyMan@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/3/2002 3:55:35 AM Central Daylight Time,
> mollyfreeman@telis.org writes:
>
>
>> The complex approach....is total Taoist. In Taoism there is no inherent
>> order. ...The universe in Taoism is perceived as vast, amorphous, and
>> ever-changing. You can never nail it down. the elements always stay the
>> same, yet they're always rearranging themselves. So it's like a
>> kaleidoscope: the world is a matter of patterns that change, that partly
>> repeat, but never quite repeat, that are always new and different.
>
>
>
> Molly;
>
> In Vaalsiner's Culture and the Development of Children's Actions he
> does a nice job of critiquing all of the systems theories and how they
> are helpful for understanding human developemnt and how they fall
> short in their explanantion. I agree complex/chaos thoery appears too
> haphazard and not systematic enough to explain the coordinated chaos
> that is human existance.
>
> eric
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