Phenomenology of Complexity Theory and Cognitive Science

Implications for Developing an Embodied Knowledge of Public Administration and Policy

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ID8126727
AuthorsGöktuğ Morçöl (0000-0003-1760-4348, a Pennsylvania State-Harrisburg, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume27
Issue1
Pages1-23
Publication date2005-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAdministrative Theory & Praxis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1084-1806 • E-ISSN: 1949-0461
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10841806.2005.11029483
OpenAlexW2282675687
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited1

This paper discusses the phenomenological philosophies of Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty and shows the parallels between these philosophies on the one hand and the implications of complexity theory and cognitive science on the other. Phenomenology, complexity theory, and cognitive science converge on the understanding that the Cartesian objectivist view of the world is erroneous and they offer a contextual and embodied view of the scientific knowledge process. The implications of this convergence for public administration and public policy theories are discussed

Cartesianism · Cognition · Cognitive reframing · Cognitive science · Economics · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Objectivism · Parallels · Phenomenology (philosophy · Sociology · Chaos, Complexity, and Education · Critical Realism in Sociology · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Psychology · Philosophy · Social Psychology

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