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    Novelty all over again

    July 31, 2016

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    Adam Timlett

    What is novelty? Is there really such a thing as 'novelty' in reality, or does it all depend on your perspective and existing knowledge? Is novelty a problem now for modern philosophers as much as it was for the Ancients?

    The problem of novelty was a question that reall...

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    Complexity 101

    July 31, 2016

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    Adam Timlett

    By the end of this article, I promise you will understand what scientists usually mean when they talk about ‘complexity’ which is also what we mean by complexity when we talk about it on this website. By the way, as I will explain, it is not the same as 'chaos theory'...

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    James: The artist's view

    July 10, 2016

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    James White

    'Complexity' from an artistic perspective

    I see complexity in nature as an artist, as a ubiquitous range of forms. They manifest themselves to me the way scientists talk about complexity. When I draw what I see, the things that I draw can be found within very different...

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    Part II: The glass isn’t half-empty or half-full. It's just complex or simple

    May 26, 2017

    The glass isn’t half-empty or half-full. It's just complex or simple

    May 24, 2017

    Ways to be Rationally Complex

    May 22, 2017

    When Art Gets Hard

    January 31, 2017

    A digital 'New Wild'

    November 20, 2016

    Science and Art Twilight at The Royal Society of Chemistry [Event]

    November 11, 2016

    How 'complexity' impacts science and art, Science has no borders: Unwrapped! [Event]

    October 17, 2016

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