Exploring Complexity: Volume One Reframing Complexity: Perspectives from the North and South Edited by Fritjof Capra, Alicia Juarrero, Pedro Sotolongo and Jacco van Uden ISCE Publishing 395 Central Street Mansfield, MA 02048| / Would you like to support COMPLEXITY THEORY RESEARCH IN CUBA? | | Please consider contributing to | | Friends of Havana’s January Complexity Seminars For more information, go to: | www.friendsofcomplexitytheoryincuba.org | Reframing Complexity: Perspectives from the North and South Exploring Complexity Book Series: Volume 1 Edited by: Fritjof Capra, Alicia Juarrero, Pedro Sotolongo and Jacco van Uden Library of Congress Control Number: 2007920255 ISBN: 0-9766814-6-3 ISBN13: 978-0-9766814-6-5 Copyright © 2007 ISCE Publishing, 395 Central Street, Mansfield, MA 02048, USA All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored ona retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. Printed in the United States of AmericaChapter Five WHY WE CANNOT KNOW COMPLEX THINGS COMPLETELY Paul Cilliers