The Non-Science Science of Complexity Theory

Towards a New Scientific Construction of Nature

Authors

  • Guy Letts

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/2292-4736/40613

Abstract

In pre-Enlightenment, nature people were seen as being the determined creation of a divine God. The Aristotelian-Christian world view believed that the world was hierarchically ordered wherein everything had a rightful place and purpose in a divinely created and ordered universe. The Enlightenment challenged this view asserting that the world existed as part of a system that obeyed "natural laws." What was fundamental to the scientific view of the Enlightenment was the strong link it made between reason (represented by humanity) and nature (everything outside of the socio-cultural realm). The Enlightenment concept of nature stressed that the universe was a mechanical system comprised of matter that was in constant motion, which followed the physical laws of nature. [...]

Published

1996-01-01

How to Cite

Letts, G. (1996). The Non-Science Science of Complexity Theory: Towards a New Scientific Construction of Nature. UnderCurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies, 8, 20–24. https://doi.org/10.25071/2292-4736/40613

Issue

Vol. 8 (1996): The Nature of Science

Section

Academic

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