摘要
我们生活在一个充满复杂性的宇宙中。一方面由于我们的人性使然,另一方面又由于语言的使用,我们给那种复杂性强加了许多限制。在从开普勒(Kepler)和伽利略(Galileo)一直到现代的经典西方思想中,减少复杂性一直是一个关键因素,而且产生了重大的科技突破。尽管如此,我仍然提出,在我们当前的多元化的、全球化的和技术取向的时代,简化作为一种思想惯习不再像过去那样有用了。在我们看来,复杂性理论激励我们认识人类思维的局限性,而且也能够让我们把一些内在于任何情境之中但又不能看到的可能性视为创造性潜能。转变人的态度,从"减少"复杂性到"拥抱"已经存在于关系和互动之中的一切,可能会导致复杂性思维,幸福地与神秘共生。
We live in a universe of complexity.By our very human nature,and through the use of language,we impose limitations on that complexity.The reduction of complexity has been a key element in classical Western thought from Kepler and Galileo to the present,yielding great scientific advancements;we suggest,however,that in our current diversified,globalized,technologically-oriented era,reduction as a habit of thought is no longer as useful as it once was.In our view,complexity theory encourages us to recognize the limitations of human thought and also enables us to acknowledge unseen possibilities,inherent in any situation,as creative potential.Shifting one＇s attitude from ＂reducing＂ complexity to ＂embracing＂ what is always already present in relations and interactions may lead to thinking complexly,abiding happily with mystery.
出处
《全球教育展望》
CSSCI
北大核心
2011年第5期3-12,75,共11页
Global Education
关键词
复杂性
复杂性思维
关系
complexity
complex thinking
relation
