Pandemic Preparation, Consciousness and Complex Adaptive Systems Through the Lens of a Meta-reductive Scientific Paradigm

Autor: J. R. Scott
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Unifying Themes in Complex Systems X ISBN: 9783030673178
Popis: The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19 pandemic and the associated economic crisis provide an opportunity to explore an incompleteness driven novelty generating meta-construction of a Meta-Reductive Scientific Paradigm. Previous proof of formal reductive incompleteness and necessary meta-consideration in determining reductive logical consistency, permits the meta-construction of adjacent possible meta-reductive paradigms. An imagined Meta-Reductive Paradigm then allows for a search in an adjacent possible conceptual space, beyond the boundary of the Reductive Paradigm, looking for possible adaptations that might enhance the resilience of individual and community level responses to the Covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis. Unrecognized formal incompleteness of reductive scientific Logic is related to the unresolved integration of Reductive Science and Complexity Science. The lack of integration of these two broad areas of scientific interest, is in part associated with a diminished interest in formal reductive logic and its properties, particularly in the Complexity Sciences. The failure to sustain a strong link to rigorous reductive logic could indirectly relate to diminished public trust in scientific and medical information, with consequent political failure to effectively integrate scientific and medical advice in response to the Covid-19 situation. Careful meta-consideration reveals a subtle way to address formal reductive incompleteness and meta-construct an adjacent possible Meta-reductive CAS Model (MCAS) and Meta-reductive Paradigm (MRP). The strong link to logic and differentiated truth and proof in the proposed MCAS and MRP can integrate willful, intentional, brain, mind and consciousness in Nature, as well as spell-out a number of scientific and social adaptations that could improve the integration of medical and scientific information in the political management of the Covid-19 crisis, increasing the chance that humanity will be better prepared for the next pandemic or next urgent global crisis.
Databáze: OpenAIRE