论范畴的自组织性——范畴本质的后现代研究之三

On the Self-organization of Category:Postmodernistie Study (3) on the Essence of Category

本文指出，范畴是由大量子系统组成的远离平衡态的开放系统，在竞争和协同作用下，通过非线性涨落达到新的有序结构，并且不断地向更高级的有序方向进化，具有自组织性。其具体机制表现在：1）范畴系统内部若干子系统集体运动的局部涨落，是其进化的内部根据；2）范畴子系统之间同化与被同化关系的协同作用，是其进化的微观机制；3）范畴系统与语境之间大量交换信息的相互作用，是其进化的外部条件。范畴系统具有以下自组织性特征：自相似性、嵌套性、不可逆性和不可预测性。范畴系统的非平衡态贯穿于范畴进化Ⅲ的始终，在复杂性科学发展的后现代语境下只有在范畴的主体性、内部条件以及外部条件的统一中，才能全面把握范畴进化的条件和机理，认识范畴的本质特征。

This paper firstly argues that a category, which consists of many sub-systems, is a non-equilibrium, dynamic and open system and keeps evolving toward a more perfect organization through the non-linear fluctuation under the effect of competition and coordination. Therefore, a category possesses the mechanism of self-organization, which can be presented as follows： 1 ） partial fluctuations among some sub-systems in a category are the interior causes of category evolution; 2） the microcosmic mechanisms of category evolution lie in coordinations between assimilations of some sub-systems in a category; 3 ） exchange of information between a category system and context provides the exterior conditions of category evolution. Then the paper maintains that a category also has the following essential properties of self-organization： self-similarity, nesting, irreversibility, and unpredictability. The paper concludes that non-equilibrium runs all along through category evolution. With the advancement of complexity of science in the postmodemism context, only in the unification of subjectivity in accordance with interior and exterior conditions can we fully know the conditions and mechanism of category evolution and grasp the essence of category.