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The Emergence of Edgar Morin's Complex Thinking.

Enio A Blay¹, José Roberto C Piqueira¹

¹Universidade de São Paulo, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Elética, Escola Politécnica, Avenida Prof. Luciano Gualberto, Travessa 3, n. 158, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

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Summary

Edgar Morin

Area of Science:

Philosophy
Systems Theory
Cybernetics

Background:

Edgar Morin's Complex Thinking, developed over 30 years.
Influenced by Cybernetics, General System Theory, and Information Theory.

Purpose of the Study:

Analyze the integration of foundational theories into Morin's Complex Thinking.
Compare and contrast Morin's use of Cybernetics, General System Theory, and Information Theory.

Main Methods:

Descriptive and comparative analysis of Edgar Morin's magnum opus, "La Méthode."
Examination of Morin's incorporation of Wiener's Cybernetics, von Bertalanffy's General System Theory, and Shannon's Information Theory.

Main Results:

Detailed discussion of how Morin integrated Cybernetics, General System Theory, and Information Theory into his work.

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Comparative assessment of Morin's perspectives (pros and cons) on these foundational theories.

Conclusions:

Some of Morin's critiques of the source theories may be unwarranted.
Summarizes critical appraisals of Morin's Complex Thinking framework.