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Notes by J.N. Warfield on The Counter-Revolution of Science by F. A. Hayek
Comments and quotes Warfield wrote down while reading Friedrich August von Hayek’s The Counter-Revolution of Science: Studies in the Abuse of Reason.
First Draft of Paper Outline
Two pages holding an outline in six parts, starting with “Kant Escape Conditions” from which follow discussion of “ Satisfying the Escape Conditions, ” “Thought about Thought,” “Human Sciences,” “Structure” and “Complexity.”
Implications of Complexity Research for Universities: A Course for University Administrators
Unfinished draft of a syllabus.
Index to the Foucault Reader by Rabinow
Index to Paul Rabinow, ed. The Foucault Reader (New York: Pantheon, 1984) prepared by Warfield. Finding The Foucault Reader a helpful book but lacking an index, Warfield created his own index.
The Archaeology of Belief
A paper that explores how Warfield’s work on complexity fits with Foucault’s archaeology of knowledge.
Disruptors I Have Known
Some thoughts on the basic personality flaws that cause some people to disrupt and destroy group meetings, which cannot happen if Interactive Management facilitation is done correctly. See also, “The Archaeology of Belief.”
Founders of Discursivity in the Professions: Part 1: Insights of Michel Foucault
An unfinished manuscript about the development of specialized vocabularies used in different professions and sciences.
Understanding Complexity: Seminar talk
A one page summary of the talk that covers topics including complexity metrics and the definition of the term "complexity.” Presented at the School of Business, University of Hull, England, 27 June 2001.
University of Hull Course Outline, Summer 2001
Warfield gave a one-week series of lectures at the Business School, University of Hull, from 2 July to 6 July 2001. The series was part of a 4-week summer school provided by University of Hull Business School to students from ITESM in Mexico. Warfield used slide presentations from his PowerPoint series titled "Managing the Unmanageable (MTU)."
Illustrating Two Problem Situations
Drawing originally used as to accompany a paper that discusses how humans might tackle and solve the "gigantic mess" problems of society which are currently beyond human endeavor and often beyond human intellectual grasp. Image would later be used frequently at the Center for Interactive Management and appeared in Warfield’s A Science of Generic Design.