Description
The monograph undertakes a systematic analysis of the concept of complexity as a category encompassing structure, process, and information, and subsequently reconstructs it as a coherent theoretical field within the framework of the General Theory of Signature Space (GTSS) andCognitive Field Theory (CFT). The point of departure is an analysis of the semantic field of complexity and its genealogy - from ancient concepts of simplicity and the principle of archē, through early modern reductionism, to contemporary science of complex systems. On this basis, three fundamental dimensions of complexity are identified: configurational (number of elements, diversity, relations, and symmetry), dynamic (interactions, sensitivity, bifurcations, and pathdependence), and informational (entropy, communication, compression, and the structure of knowledge).