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Hayek at the Santa Fe Institute: Origins, Models, and Organization of the Cradle of Complexity Sciences

Fabrizio Li Vigni
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Complexity sciences are one of the most mediatized scientific fields of the last 40 years. While this domain has attracted the attention of many philosophers of science, its normative views have not yet been the object of any systematic study. This article is a contribution to the thin social science literature about complexity sciences and proposes a contribution focused on an analysis of the origins, models, and organization of the Santa Fe Institute (SFI), cradle of the field. The paper defends the thesis that the notion of “complex adaptive systems” bears a project of naturalization of society through numerical and evolutionary lenses by promoting a Darwinian and capitalist view of the economy. At the same time, such a view has been embodied in the very way of functioning of the institute, which was conceived as an agile organization in a competitive environment and which relies on a fundraising philosophy that tends to commodify science. From a theoretical viewpoint, this text is anchored in the field of Science and Technology Studies and particularly in the coproductionist paradigm, which theorizes the dynamic entanglement of science and society. In terms of empirical sources, the article is based on interviews conducted by the author, and on the SFI's scientific publications as well as institutional archives.
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hal-03919503 , version 1 (02-01-2023)

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Fabrizio Li Vigni. Hayek at the Santa Fe Institute: Origins, Models, and Organization of the Cradle of Complexity Sciences. Centaurus, 2022, 64 (2), pp.443-481. ⟨10.1484/J.CNT.5.131461⟩. ⟨hal-03919503⟩
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