Theories of complexity and their problems

Abstract

Complexity theories are on the way to establish a new worldview—processes instead of objects, history and uniqueness of everything instead of repetition and lawlikeness are the elements. These theories from deterministic chaos via the dissipative structures, the theory of catastrophes, self organization and synergetics are mathematical models, connected with a new understanding of science. They are characterized by new fundamental commitments of sciences. But at the same time, they are characterized by epistemic boundaries.

摘要

复杂性理论要建立一种新的世界观, 即以过程而非对象, 及历史和事物的 独特性而非重复性和类似性为其基本原则。 从确定性混沌, 到耗散结构、 灾变 说、 自组织理论和协同学, 这些理论是与一种新的科学理解相关的数学模型。 它 们以一些新的根本性的科学承诺为基本特征, 但同时它们也有知识论方面的界 定。