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4、057196(jk-t)20/9/058:58amPage113Complexity,ScienceandthePublicTheGeographyofaNewInterpretationCristianSuteanuSeveralQuestionsandOneAnswerFTHEREisonepointthatstrikesmostpeoplewhoapproachthetopicIofcomplexity,itisthis:complexityisdifferent.Sophisticated,yetsurpr
5、isinglypopular,itsprinciplesarecitedbyspecialistsaswellasbythosewhohavenorelationshiptosciencewhatsoever.Complexityseemstohavestirredpeople’sinterestandimaginationtoaremarkabledegree,probablymorethanquantumtheoryorrelativity.Itisunusualtodealwithafieldthatisevo
6、kedsofrequently,andatthesametimetoseehowbasicquestionsarestillaskedaboutit.Iscomplex-ityacollectionofmethods,applicableatapracticallevelinvariousfields,orisitadifferentwayofapproachingthesurroundingworld?Iscomplex-ityascientificdomaininitsownright,orisitanapproa
7、chthatisdevelop-ingsimultaneouslyinvariousbranchesofscience?Doescomplexitymovewithintherealmofscholarsonly,orisitgoingtoaffectthepublicatlargeinaparticularway?Toanswerthesequestionsrightfromthestart,Iwouldgiveadefinite‘yes’toallofthem.However,thelastquestiondes
8、ervesspecialattention.Itisthisspecific‘yes’,referringtoitssecondpart,whichwillpredictablyplayanimportantroleforthesocialsciences.Thisarticlewilladdresscomplexitybyfocusingonwhatthea
