Teorija kompleksnosti spada v več tokov teorije sistemov

Complexity is not only a mathematical discipline, but it tackles all features that are complex (= entangled / intricate due to relations between their components). Some references about systems theory call such features systems, while others put systems equal to mental pictures of features tackling complex features, mainly, again. One may conclude that complexity theory renews principles of the General Systems Theory, after the latter have lost their battle competing against narrow specialization. This battle gave birth to five main streams of systems theory and cybernetics. Complexity theory, as a mathematical discipline, would belong to stream 1.As a science dealing with complex features in an interdisciplinary way, it would belong in stream 3, if using a mathematical basis, or in stream 5, if using a philosophical one. Key words: Bertalanffy; complexity; cybernetics; dialectical system; General Systems Theory; systemKompleksnost ni zgolj matematična disciplina, ampak se nanaša na vse pojave, ki so zapleteni zaradi odnosov med svojimi sestavinami. Iz nekaterih virov o teoriji sistemov rečemo takim pojavom sistemi, iz drugih virov rečemo sistemi miselnim slikam o pojavih, zopet pretežno o kompleksnih pojavih. Možen je sklep, da teorija kompleksnosti prenavlja načela splošne teorije sistemov, potem ko so le-ta v bistveni meri izgubila konkurenčni boj z ozko specializacijo. V njem se je razvilo pet osnovnih tokov teorije sistemov in kibernetike. Teorija kompleksnosti kot matematična disciplina bi spadala v tok 1, kot veda o interdisciplinarnem obravnavanju kompleksnih pojavov pa v tok 3, če ima obravnavanje matematično podlago, ali v tok 5, če ima filozofsko. Ključne besede: Bertalanffy; dialektični sistem; kibernetika; kompleksnost; sistem; splošna teorija sistemo