Effects of context

Issue title: Complex Socio-Technical Systems – Understanding and Influencing Causality of Change

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Mumford, Stephen | Anjum, Rani Lill

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Abstract: Complexity should be at the heart of any viable theory of causation. Without it, we cannot give a sensible account of the importance of context. With many causal factors in play, jointly producing an effect, we come to understand the context-sensitive nature of causation. Cases of hypersensitivity, unintended consequences and antipathetic reactions will be outlined together with some considerations for our interventions.

Keywords: Context, polygeny, context-sensitivity, unintended consequences, emergence, causal particularism

DOI: 10.3233/IKS-2012-0188

Journal: Information Knowledge Systems Management, vol. 10, no. 1-4, pp. 101-110, 2011