The Paradigm of the Complex Dynamic Systems and Sociological Analysis

The development of the physis, evolutionary, cognitive and social sciences, systemic thought and experimental epistemology
during the 19th century have outlined an itinerary which, through the cracks in the alleged necessity of “Cartesian” borders of
science, have defined the horizon of complexity producing a change in the statute of epistemological sciences and in the use
of new paradigms for sociological analysis.
This paper analyzes the methodological development of social sciences in relation to a changed epistemological frame. In
particular, it indicates the methodological proposal of Edgar Morin (1977; 1991), that overcomes the traditional logic scheme
of analysis-synthesis, the disjointedness between separate and closed entities, the reduction of a simple element, to recognize
the dynamic interaction properties between the elements of a set. According to the complexity method the social organizationstructure
is analyzed as a complex dynamic system.