怎样给复杂性研究作历史定位

复杂性观超越了系统观,代表着科学方法论跨上的一个新台阶.系统观的核心概念是"涌现",而复杂性观的核心概念是"混沌的边缘"(即有序性与无序性的彼此适中的结合)或自组织.莫兰在复杂性观的视域内改造了系统论,这突出表现在他补充提出了"整体小于部分之和"的原则来制约整体性原则,意味着容许系统中存在一定的无序性以保证组成单元发挥其创造性的自由度.复杂的系统观由此产生.

How to Historically Position the Studies of Complexity?

The view of complexity has surpassed the view of system, representing a new step surmounted by scientific methodology. Central concept of the view of system is "emergence", and central concept of the view of complexity is "edge of chaos"(i.e. half-and-half mixture of order and disorder) or self-organization. Edgar Morin transformed the theory of system in the horizon of view of complexity. This is prominently manifested in the fact that he supplemented the principle "the whole is less than the addition of parts" for restricting the "wholeness" principle. This means that system has to contain a certain degree of disorder to insure the freedom of parts enabling them to give play to their initiative. From this a complex view of system is put forward.