attractor landscapes – A New Vision for Mental Health

Think of mental disorders as the mind’s ‘sticky tendencies’

Author: Editorial 29th October 2021 0 Comments

This article by Kristopher Nielsen has been published in Aeon. It begins: “What exactly are mental disorders? The answer to this question is important because it informs how researchers should go about trying to explain mental disorders, how the public responds…
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a coherent system

Aeon, attractor landscapes, complexity science, embodied enactivism, Kristopher Nielsen, New Approaches, philosophy of mind

The Philosophy of Complexity

Author: Editorial 10th May 2019 0 Comments

The emerging field of Complexity Science is highly relevant to the ecological paradigm for mental health that we are proposing. In The Philosophy of Complexity , Chris Lucas identifies three main strands in complexity thought: Systems thinking (incorporating cybernetics) which relates to non-specific systems. Organic thinking (including evolution) relating…
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a coherent system

attractor landscapes, Chris Lucas, complexity, complexity science, cybernetics, evolution, New Approaches, organic thinking, philosophy of science, systems theory

An interactive introduction to attractor landscapes

Author: Editorial 8th May 2019 0 Comments

The concept of attractor landscapes is part of the emerging field of Complexity Science. It connects to systems theory and in particular to an understanding of complex adaptive systems. The human brain – perhaps the most complex phenomenon in the known universe…
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attractor landscapes, complex adaptive systems, complexity science, neuroscience, New Approaches, Nick Case, psychotherapy