On the Definition of Complexity

"Curiously, complexity only appeared in a marginal line between engineering and science, in the theory of systems, and in cybernetics." (Morin, 2021, p. 80) (pdf)

"Thus, in that sense, the manifest goal of complexity is to become aware of the links that are broken by these separations between disciplines between cognitive categories and between types of knowledge. In fact, aspiring to complexity means aiming at multi-dimensionality. It does not imply giving all the information on an observed phenomenon, but respecting its diverse dimensions" (Morin, 2021, p. 81) (pdf)

"Nonetheless, the core of complex thought, while aspiring to multidimensionality, does contain an element of incompleteness and uncertainty. Indeed, it can only be formulated once a radical break is made with the idea of perfect knowledge." (Morin, 2021, p. 81) (pdf)

"Finally, the problem of complexity cropped up in organization, once it was accepted through the theory of systems and cybernetics that organized wholes cannot be reduced to the parts they are comprised of but have emerging properties, which themselves retroact on the component parts." (Morin, 2021, p. 82) (pdf)

"The question of complexity arises from various areas: disorder, chance, uncertainty, contradiction, and organization" (Morin, 2021, p. 82) (pdf)

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(Morin, 2021, p. 83)

"This means that a phenomenon cannot be reduced to only one of these phenomena, and, that to understand it, these four notions must be allowed to interact with the interplay varying according to the actual phenomena under observation. In other words, the principle of dialogics is to have complementary interplay between notions, which, in absolute terms, would clash and reject each other." (Morin, 2021, p. 83) (pdf)

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