Interpretation of the category of "complex" in terms of dialectical positivism

Abstract

The interpretation of the category of complex is given on the basis of dialectical positivism, in the framework of which the principle of dialectic symmetry is formulated. It, in turn, is based on the consideration of matter and information as paired dialectic categories. In accordance with this principle, information objects form a hierarchy similar to that which corresponds to different levels of matter organization (mechanical, chemical, biological, social). As "complex", one should interpret the system that is the medium for the information object at least one level higher than the level related to trivial information (that is, one that is inextricably linked with the object itself). This level is the level corresponding to estranged information (simplifying information about a certain object recorded on another medium).