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The doors in Heron's temple open - this can at best be determined empirically - every time the priest lights the fire (note 1). So I assume a simple causal dependency, in which the same cause has the same effect every time. In such cases I speak of simple phenomena, or more precisely of phenomenally simple conditions (note 2).
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But I can also observe phenomena where the conditions are not so simple. The room temperature in my room, for example, is always about 20 degrees, regardless of the outside temperature, when it is colder outside. If it is warmer than 20 degrees outside, the room temperature gives up its independence. In the picture next to it I have a slightly different formulation for the same facts, both formulations represent arbitrary observations. If I am interested in the matter, if I make it a phenomenon, I can of course observe it more closely at first. But I can also look for an explanation based on inaccurate observations. If I want to give a constructive explanationI , my explanation will in any case be more complicated than with the temple door, because I have to take more contexts into account (note 3). I speak of complex conditions or phenomena when I can only recognize conditional regularities, for example when my room temperature remains constant under certain conditions and not under other conditions. Of course I do not speak of complex if I cannot see or at least guess at any order (note 4). |
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A superordinate type of complexity arises when different phenomena are seen together as a super-phenomenon. I can perceive different phenomena, each of which I could explain individually, as different effects of a mechanism. I will come back to this later.
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Give a constructive explanation of the phenomenon described above! |
Pay attention to how the given explanation of the phenomenon influences the perception of the phenomenon. |
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Examples:
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The term "complex" is also used in mathematics. Firstly, in the strict terminological sense for complex numbers, which has nothing to do with the facts described here. Secondly, in the mathematical jargon for processes that cannot be calculated algorithmically, such as the movement of a double pendulum or the development of the wave pattern on a sandy beach, where order and mechanics can be recognised without mathematically justifiable predictions being possible (note 5). As far as mathematics describes a formal game, the distinction between phenomenon and explanation does not make sense there, of course. In constructive systems theory, logically, only phenomena are complex, whereas explanations cannot be complex, because otherwise they would not explain anything. At most they can be relatively complicated.
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