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An evening event to explore a processual view of complexity theory, building on the new book by Jean Boulton, The Dao of Complexity (De Gruyter:2024).

Jean, in conversation with Mark Hardman, will explore:

• the ‘metaphysics’ of complexity science
• the resonance of process complexity with Daoism and other bodies of knowledge from political theory to brain science
• The difference between a view of the complex world derived computationally and one based on empirical methods
• how scientific worldviews shape policy and management practice in the social world.

Jean is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a founding member of the Nonlinear and Complex Physics group, and lead author of Embracing Complexity (2015:OUP).

Join us in person for tea from 5pm. The more formal part of the evening with take place from 6 -7.15 pm, and will be followed by drinks.

If you can't attend in person, join online via Zoom.  The event is free to attend but pre-registration is required. Please click here to register. The event will be of interest to anyone with an interest in science but also to those who are interested in how the foundations of our worldviews influence policy and practice in the social world.