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The concept of complexity and edge of chaos can illuminate a survey of work over the last half-century in the philosophy of mind to develop a theory of the nature of conscious mental states. In that dialectic one finds chaos that must be brought into order, order becoming restrictive, and eventually a new balance that allows for more creative theorising.
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Pruim, P.E. (2014). Subjectivity, Objectivity, and the Edge of Chaos. In: Ambrose, D., Sriraman, B., Pierce, K.M. (eds) A Critique of Creativity and Complexity. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness, vol 25. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-773-5_9
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