World Futures, Volume 64, Issue 5-7 (2008)

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Postformal Thought and Hierarchical Complexity

Original Articles

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Editors' Introduction to the Special Issue on Postformal Thought and Hierarchical Complexity
Michael Lamport Commons & Sara Nora Ross
Pages: 297-304
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
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THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS

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Introduction to the Model of Hierarchical Complexity and Its Relationship to Postformal Action
Michael Lamport Commons
Pages: 305-320
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
AbstractforIntroduction to the Model of Hierarchical Complexity and Its Relationship to Postformal Action | Full Text | References | PDF (125.6 KB)
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What Postformal Thought Is, and Why It Matters
Michael Lamport Commons & Sara Nora Ross
Pages: 321-329
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
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The Concept of Domain in Developmental Analyses of Hierarchical Complexity
Michael F. Mascolo
Pages: 330-347
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
AbstractforThe Concept of Domain in Developmental Analyses of Hierarchical Complexity | Full Text | References | PDF (687.9 KB)
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Selectionism and Stage Change: The Dynamics of Evolution, I
Michael Lamport Commons
Pages: 348-360
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
AbstractforSelectionism and Stage Change: The Dynamics of Evolution, I | Full Text | References | PDF (81 KB)
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Fractal Transition Steps to Fractal Stages: The Dynamics of Evolution, II
Sara Nora Ross
Pages: 361-374
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AbstractforFractal Transition Steps to Fractal Stages: The Dynamics of Evolution, II | Full Text | References | PDF (282.1 KB)
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Presenting the Formal Theory of Hierarchical Complexity
Michael Lamport Commons & Alexander Pekker
Pages: 375-382
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
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Toward a Cross-Species Measure of General Intelligence
Michael Lamport Commons & Sara Nora Ross
Pages: 383-398
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
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EVOLUTION'S HIERARCHICAL COMPLEXITY

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The Hierarchical Complexity View of Evolution and History
Michael Lamport Commons & Sara Nora Ross
Pages: 399-405
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
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Cultural Progress is the Result of Developmental Level of Support
Michael Lamport Commons & Eric Andrew Goodheart
Pages: 406-415
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
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Domain-Specific Increases in Stage of Performance in a Complete Theory of the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Chester Wolfsont, Sara Nora Ross, Patrice Marie Miller, Michael Lamport Commons & Miriam Chernoff
Pages: 416-429
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
AbstractforDomain-Specific Increases in Stage of Performance in a Complete Theory of the Evolution of Human Intelligence | Full Text | References | PDF (82.9 KB)
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Implications of Hierarchical Complexity for Social Stratification, Economics, and Education
Michael Lamport Commons
Pages: 430-435
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
AbstractforImplications of Hierarchical Complexity for Social Stratification, Economics, and Education | Full Text | References | PDF (50 KB)
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Genetic Engineering and the Speciation of Superions from Humans
Lucas Alexander Haley Commons-Miller, Michael Lamport Commons & Geoffrey David Commons
Pages: 436-443
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
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Stacked Neural Networks Must Emulate Evolution's Hierarchical Complexity
Michael Lamport Commons
Pages: 444-451
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
AbstractforStacked Neural Networks Must Emulate Evolution's Hierarchical Complexity | Full Text | References | PDF (56.6 KB)
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APPLICATIONS

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Human Development and the Model of Hierarchical Complexity: Learning from Research in the Psychology of Moral and Religious Development
James Meredith Day
Pages: 452-467
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
AbstractforHuman Development and the Model of Hierarchical Complexity: Learning from Research in the Psychology of Moral and Religious Development | Full Text | References | PDF (90.5 KB)
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A Comparison of Moral Reasoning Stages Using a Model of Hierarchical Complexity
Terri Lee Robinett
Pages: 468-479
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
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Applying Hierarchical Complexity to Political Development
Sara Nora Ross & Michael Lamport Commons
Pages: 480-497
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
AbstractforApplying Hierarchical Complexity to Political Development | Full Text | References | PDF (105.8 KB)
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Evolving to Address Global Climate Change and the Scale of Public Interactions
Jan Inglis
Pages: 498-502
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
AbstractforEvolving to Address Global Climate Change and the Scale of Public Interactions | Full Text | References | PDF (111.8 KB)
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IMPLICATIONS

Article
The Connection Between Postformal Thought and Major Scientific Innovations
Michael Lamport Commons, Linda Marie Bresette & Sara Nora Ross
Pages: 503-512
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
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In Praise of Top-Down Decision Making in Managerial Hierarchies
Herb Koplowitz
Pages: 513-523
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
AbstractforIn Praise of Top-Down Decision Making in Managerial Hierarchies | Full Text | References | PDF (75.5 KB)
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Postformal Resistance to Concepts of “Higher” Development
Sara Nora Ross
Pages: 524-529
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
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Postformal (Mis)Communications
Sara Nora Ross
Pages: 530-535
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
AbstractforPostformal (Mis)Communications | Full Text | PDF (53.2 KB)
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Leveraging Higher Education's Role in Social Evolution: A Paradigmatic Strategy
Nancy Glock-Grueneich
Pages: 536-553
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
AbstractforLeveraging Higher Education's Role in Social Evolution: A Paradigmatic Strategy | Full Text | References | PDF (238.2 KB)
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A Future Society Functioning at the Paradigmatic Stage?
Sara Nora Ross
Pages: 554-562
Published online: 05 Nov 2008
AbstractforA Future Society Functioning at the Paradigmatic Stage? | Full Text | References | PDF (61.1 KB)
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