OPPOSITES (Union of)
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2364 ▶ |
| Object type | Methodology or model |
The character of interrelations that are at the same time antagonistic and synergetic.
Such a view disregards the traditional mutually exclusive character of opposites, which merely reflects the very strongly dichotomic bias in Western philosophy.
H. SABELLI and L. CARLSON-SABELLI write: “Every process contains complementary opposites, herein including energetic polarities, two-valued information and structural symmetries. Rise and fall, positive and negative, woman and man, right and left, cooperation and struggle, union and separation, similarity and difference, symmetry and asymmetry, necessarily coexist. In Heraclitus' magnificent words, there is harmony in strife and strife in harmony. In contrast, logic postulates the absolute separation of opposites, a premise that leads to black and white thinking” (1994).
H. SABELLI also states: “The term opposition refers to both synergic and antagonistic interactions. This apparent ambiguity of language reflects the fundamental fact that synergic interactions and antagonistic ones are closely associated” (1991, p.2).