Juarrero, Alicia

Context Changes Everything: How Constraints Create Coherence

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ISBN 13:: 9780262545662
author:: Juarrero, Alicia
format:: Paperback
publisher:: MIT Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2023
Pages:: 280
Dimensions:: 22.9 x 15.2 centimetres (0.37 kg
Genre:: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Criticism,
Condition:: New
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Context Changes Everything: How Constraints Create Coherence by Alicia Juarrero. The concept of causation has long been debated in scientific and philosophical circles. Alicia Juarrero challenges traditional views, arguing that constraints play a crucial role in bringing about effects, rather than just forceful impacts. In this book, she presents a new framework for understanding identity, hierarchy, and top-down causation using the tools of complexity science. Juarrero's work offers a rigorously scientific approach to understanding how coherence emerges from dynamic interdependencies. She argues that personal identity is grounded in these interdependencies, rather than internal traits or essential natures. This perspective has significant implications for various fields, including sociology, economics, politics, business, psychology, and theology. By exploring the role of constraints in shaping our interactions with the world, Juarrero provides a fresh understanding of how coherence is maintained and regulated.

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