2001/09/01 by Carlos Gershenson, Gershenson, Carlos
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO) #Computational Complexity (cs.CC) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Physical sciences #cs.CC #nlin.AO
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nlin/0109001
arxiv created 2002/05/31 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
We present several philosophical ideas emerging from the studies of complex systems. We make a brief introduction to the basic concepts of complex systems, for then defining "abstraction levels". These are useful for representing regularities in nature. We define absolute being (observer independent, infinite) and relative being (observer dependent, finite), and notice the differences between them. We draw issues on relative causality and absolute causality among abstraction levels. We also make reflections on determinism. We reject the search for any absolute truth (because of their infinity), and promote the idea that all comprehensible truths are relative, since they were created in finite contexts. This leads us to suggest to search the less-incompleteness of ideas and contexts instead of their truths.