Complexicon in 2007 Rose Tries to Explain

Rose Warfield explains the meaning and history of Warfield’s term “complexicon.” Briefly, Warfield used the word complexicon to represent his study and definition of complexity in relation to systems science. In a sense, the table itself was a composite PowerPoint discussion of Warfield's "complexicon" represented in 13 different categories of study and linked together by Warfield into a single conceptual arena. See also, "Complexicon Explained by Rose," “Complexicon Outline (July 2007 Summer Short Course),” and “Complexicon references found by Rose.”



Rose Warfield tries to figure out all Warfield's complexicon terms and what to do about them. This paper written at the time in 2007 Warfield and Rose prepared a box of papers to ship to George Mason Library Special Collections Dept.. There is a similar memo titled "Complexicon Explained by Rose" which I wrote 4 or 5 years later, in March 2012, when still trying to fit Warfield's assortment of titles and computer files into a simple list with no duplicates. Never did quite succeed. SEE ALSO in database, the following two titles: 1) Complexicon Outline (July 2007 Summer Short Course) 2) Complexicon references found by Rose (Feb March, 2012). Complexiconmanagingtheunmanageable.wpd was Warfield's computer file name for a WordPerfect table. But it was not the actual title of the table, and no such title ever was put on any document. Instead, the word complexicon was used by Warfield to represent his study and definition of complexity in relation to systems science. In a sense, the table itself was a composite PowerPoint discussion of Warfield's "complexicon" represented in 13 different categories of study and linked together by Warfield into a single conceptual arena.




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