复杂性及其研究的意味

Complexity and its Significance

作为一种难以被科学和哲学严格界定(因其自身的复杂)的理论范式,"复杂性"虽然在语义上没有获得各学科都能够普遍接受的通论,但它总是伴随着我们,复杂性是实在(reality)的一种深刻特性。"复杂性"意味着存在着不熟悉、不理解;意味着困难、障碍和挑战;同时也意味着可能和开放。研究复杂性意味着思想范式的革命,这在哲学、科学和人类思维的变革中表现得最为深刻。这是哲学的自我救赎,也是人类破除科学迷信的路径,最重要的是复杂性思维将引导我们进入新文明时代。

Complexity is a theoretical paradigm which is hard to define in science and philosophy. Although complexity has not been accepted in semantics by every branch, it is around us. Complexity is a profound feature of the reality and is full of significance, such as unfamiliarity, difficulty, etc. However, research into complexity is the deepest revolution in thinking mode especially in philosophy, science, and brain. Complexity is the self--salvation of philosophy, and the way to break the superstition of science. More important, it can lead us into the new area of civilization.