Philosopher Edgar Morin, formulator of the theory of complexity, dies - Jornal da Unicamp
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The death of Edgar Morin closes the life of the thinker who argued that reality is too tangled for simple cause-and-effect — and that science must embrace contradiction to understand it.
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Theory Briefing
- Edgar Morin, French philosopher and architect of complexity theory, has died, leaving a profound mark on 20th-century thought.
- Morin's complexity theory challenged reductionism, insisting that systems — from ecosystems to societies — cannot be understood by breaking them into parts.
- His ideas bridged sociology, biology, and philosophy, making him a rare cross-disciplinary thinker whose framework still shapes how scientists tackle real-world problems.