The lecture series was videotaped in the Fall Semester 1998. The DVD album was created by John N. Warfield in March 2005 after he retired to Florida, where he brought together old MPG-3 files and combined them into a DVD set of 2 disks, accompanied by document files holding the transparencies and handouts he had used in the lectures. When he finally got around to looking at the MPG-3 files of his lectures, in the year 2005, the technology was advanced enough that the videos could be transferred to a DVD created on a home computer. So in 2005 Warfield created a DVD to include not only the videos but also study guides (transparencies, course notes, etc) for all TWELVE lectures, including the three lectures which had not been videotaped. Thus, in the year 2005, he created an overview record of his Johnson Center Lecture Series on Complexity, including files for the audience handouts of transparencies and other documents which he had written for the series. Regrettably 3 of the Complexity Lectures were not filmed, but their transparencies and handouts are on this DVD. Also regrettably, 2 sets of transparencies from visiting lecturers were not available, so had to be omitted from the DVD. Otherwise, the DVD set remains a good record of Warfield's Complexity Lecture series, easily available to students and colleagues. (Thanks to the timely skill of José Maradiaga, the GMU student who in September-October 1999 had converted the VHS videotapes to MPEG-3 files and placed them on CD-ROM for us). Warfield's home made DVD album  of his Complexity Lectures is now saved in the folder "DVDs & CD's (ALBUMS)"  on Rose's computer.

DVD 1 contains MPG-3 files of these lectures :

No. 3, Christakis et al on Health Care ( 100 min)

No. 4, Undergraduate Education in the USA (82 min)

No. 7, Ghana, Liberia and Mexico (73 min)

No. 8, Higher Education (63 min)

No. 9, Peirce Legacy (42:14 min)

DVD 2 contains MPG-3 files of these lectures :

No. 9 - The Legacy of Charles Sanders Peirce (42 min: 14 sec)

No. 10 - The Work Program of Complexity (98 min)

No. 11a - Applications of IM in Cyprus, Part 1 ( 61:12 min/sec)

No. 11b - Applications of IM in Cyprus, Part 2 ( 61 min)

No. 12 - The Wandwaver Solution (80 min)

Both DVD 1 & 2 contain PDF files as follows:

Handouts (Transparencies, study materials, etc. for each lecture)

Readme file for Handouts (list overall titles)

Overview – An introduction written by Warfield in 2005 gives topics and organization of this lecture series, in which he divides the study of complexity into a set of four categories, then presents the categorized lectures in a set of three groups.

Documents to use for the Disk Cover are in these files: The Complexity Lectures label for inside the jewel case. Complexity lectures CD jewelcase cover, 2005 Complexity lecture DVD jewel case cover 2008. Lectures 1 and 2 were NOT videotaped, because no videotaping had been planned, and none begun until Lecture No. 3 after Ben Broome suggested videos and lined up the student video outfit which taped most of the lectures. Lecture 5 was not videotaped because either the camera broke down or the student camera crew overslept, I forget which. All of the filming was of poor quality not only due to lack of a production supervisor, but also dismal lighting and camera angles, etc. which were unavoidable in the cavernous Cinema auditorium, which was the only space available to John for the lectures. The videos were filmed at the Johnson Center, George Mason University, Fall Semester 1998. The original videotapes were copied in a conversion to MPG-3 files in 1999 by GMU student technician José Antonio Maradiaga. The original VHS cassettes were donated to GMU Library in year 2000, with Warfields keeping the MPG files as backups. The original VHS video cassettes are in Box 67, Warfield Special Collection, George Mason University The MPG-3 files on DVD disk are at Warfield's home The MPG-3 files (movie clips) are on Rose's computer in Folder name "COMPLEXITY LECTURES ON MPG\MPG LECTURES-DVD1" The transparencies, study materials, etc, with a lot of other documents and files used in preparation of the lectures, are on Rose's computer in Folder name "JwPapers\Johnson Center Lectures 1998.

Brief overall list of the 12 Complexity Lecture titles: Lecture No. 1-THOUGHT LEADERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS. Monday, 14 September 1998, this lecture was not videotaped. Lecture No. 2 - TWENTY LAWS OF COMPLEXITY, Monday, 28 September 1998, this lecture was not videotaped. Lecture No. 3 APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRY & GOVERNMENT by A. N. Christakis, J. Carlston & M. Van Hoose. Monday, 5 October 1998. Lecture No. 4 UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES Monday, 12 October 1998. Lecture No. 5 SEVEN MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF THOUGHT Monday, 26 October 1998, this lecture was not videotaped . Lecture No. 6 THE MATHEMATICS OF STRUCTURE Monday, 2 November 1998. Lecture No. 7 APPLICATIONS IN GHANA, LIBERIA AND MEXICO Monday, 9 November 1998. Lecture No. 8 HIGHER EDUCATION and the THOUGHT LEADERS Monday, 16 November 1998. Lecture No. 9 THE LEGACY OF CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE Monday, 23 November 1998. Lecture No. 10 THE WORK PROGRAM OF COMPLEXITY Monday, 30 November 1998. Lecture No. 11 APPLICATIONS OF IM IN CYPRUS by Benjamin J. Broome. Monday, 7 December1998. Lecture No. 12 THE WANDWAVER SOLUTION Monday, 14 December 1998.

SUMMARY of the Johnson Center Lecture Series on Complexity (from Warfield's document titled “Overview - Complexity Lectures on DVD” in filename overview.pdf on each disk) THE LECTURE CATEGORIES: While complexity is the universal theme, the lectures are divided among four categories: Philosophy of Complexity Science of Complexity Applications in Industry and Government, and Implications for Higher Education. THE LECTURE GROUPS The lectures were offered in three groups, each group containing one lecture from each category; with three lectures presented in each of the four categories as follows. GROUP 1 (Weeks 1-4). No. 1: September 14. Philosophy 1. Thought Leaders and Their Contributions to Understanding Complexity. No. 2: September 28. Science 1. Twenty Laws of Complexity, Three Categories of the Laws, and Five Indexes of Complexity, with values determined from applications. No. 3: October 5. Applications in Industry and Government 1. Applications in the U. S. Food and Drug Administration and in state and local government in Mexico. No. 4: October 12. Implications for Higher Education 1. Undergraduate General Education in the U.S.A. GROUP 2 (Weeks 5-8) No. 5: 26 October. Philosophy 2. Seven Milestones in the History of Thought. No. 6: 2 November. Science 2. The Mathematics of Structure: its relevance to knowledge reconstruction in all fields of study No. 7: November 9. Applications in Industry and Government 2. Applications in Ghana, Liberia, and Mexico. No. 8: 16 November. Implications for Higher Education 2. Introducing Higher Education to the Thought Leaders of Complexity and Second-Order Thought GROUP 3 (Weeks 9-12) No. 9: 23 November. Philosophy 3. The Legacy of Charles Sanders Peirce and the Singular Experience of the Peirce Biographer. No. 10: 30 November. Science 3. The Work Program of Complexity: Resolving Complexity Cooperatively. No. 11: 7 December. Applications in Industry and Government 3. Applications in Ford Motor Company, U. S. Department of Energy, and U. S. Department of Defense. No. 12: 14 December. Implications for Higher Education 3. The Wandwaver Solution: Creating the Great University

THE PHILOSOPHY LECTURES: The three Philosophy Lectures are organized as a conceptually-integrated sequence. As the outline above reads, the brief summary statements are: 14 September. Philosophy 1. Thought Leaders and Their Contributions to Understanding Complexity.26 October. Philosophy 2. Seven Milestones in the History of Thought. 23 November. Philosophy 3. The Legacy of Charles Sanders Peirce and the Experience of the Peirce Biographer.

THE SCIENCE LECTURES: The three Science Lectures, likewise, are organized as an integrated sequence. As the outline above reads, the brief summary statements are: 28 September. Science 1. Twenty Laws of Complexity, Three Categories of the Laws, and Five Indexes of Complexity, with values determined from applications. 2 November. Science 2. The Mathematics of Structure: its relevance to knowledge reconstruction in all fields of study 30 November. Science 3. The Work Program of Complexity: Resolving Complexity Cooperatively.

THE APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT LECTURES: The three Applications Lectures, likewise, are organized as an integrated sequence. As the outline above reads, the brief summary statements are: 5 October. Applications in Industry and Government 1. Applications in the U. S. Food and Drug Administration and in state and local government in Mexico. 9 November. Applications in Industry and Government 2. Applications in Ghana, Liberia, and Mexico. 7 December. Applications in Industry and Government 3. Applications in Ford Motor Company, U. S. Department of Energy, and U. S. Department of Defense.

THE IMPLICATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION LECTURES: The three Implications for Higher Education Lectures, likewise, are organized as an integrated sequence. The brief summary statements are: 12 October. Implications for Higher Education 1. Undergraduate General Education in the U.S.A. 16 November. Implications for Higher Education 2. Higher Education and the Thought Leaders 14 December. Implications for Higher Education 3. The Wandwaver Solution: Creating the Great University

 Prepared on 18 March 2005. NOTE BY JNW & RW, 3/18/2005 - end