@article {Gershenson:2011e, title = {The Implications of Interactions for Science and Philosophy}, journal = {Foundations of Science}, volume = {Early View}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Reductionism has dominated science and philosophy for centuries. Complexity has recently shown that interactions{\textendash}-which reductionism neglects{\textendash}-are relevant for understanding phenomena. When interactions are considered, reductionism becomes limited in several aspects. In this paper, I argue that interactions imply non-reductionism, non-materialism, non-predictability, non-Platonism, and non-nihilism. As alternatives to each of these, holism, informism, adaptation, contextuality, and meaningfulness are put forward, respectively. A worldview that includes interactions not only describes better our world, but can help to solve many open scientific, philosophical, and social problems caused by implications of reductionism.}, doi = {10.1007/s10699-012-9305-8}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.2827}, author = {Carlos Gershenson} }