从因果性看还原论与整体论之争

On the Controversy between Reductionism and Wholism from Causality

系统科学与复杂性目前的研究遇到了许多困难,其中较为突出的问题是所谓整体论思想的"架空"。本文拟从因果性的内涵及其复杂表现出发,分析整体论陷入尴尬境地的深层原因,并试图厘清还原论与整体论之间的理论纠葛,以期为整体论的发展方向做出有益的探索。

There are so many difficulties in the study of complex systems theory,especially for the idea of Wholism being built on stilts.Based on an analysis of the meaning and the complex representations of Causality,this essay discusses the deep reason of Wholism plunging into an embarrassed circumstances,and try to clarifying the theoretical imbroglio between Reductionism and Wholism,and make the exploring for the developing of Wholism.