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Transdisciplinarity is the result of a coordination between all
hierarchical levels.
Transdisciplinarity, more than a new discipline or super-discipline
is, actually, a different manner of seeing the world, more systemic and more holistic.
p.7-8 what exists? ... what are we capable of doing?
... what is it we want to do? ... what should we do? ... how should we do what we want to do?
p.11 Adopting the suggestion of Nicolescu, let us designate
as reality "that which resists our experiences, representations, descriptions, images or mathematical formalizations..."
p.13 The different levels of reality are accessible to human
knowledge through the existence of different levels of perception, which stand in a one-to-one correspondence with the levels
of reality. Such levels of perception can be activated as a consequence of states of consciousness induced by our physical
structure and our sensorial organs.
p.14 the last century has witnessed the appearance of complexity,
of chaos, and of non-linear processes in many areas of science. Systemic visions have brought about the demise of
the assumptions that Nature can be described, analyzed and controlled in simple terms that correlate with a traditional linear
logic. All these new concepts have revolutionized many ambits of the basic sciences. However no significant break-through
is to be found when it comes to disciplines related to social action, economics and politics.
p.14 Our relation with a complex world and a complex Nature, requires
complex thought.
p.15 knowing is not the same as understanding.
p.15 Weak transdisciplinarity, as suggested in the first part of this paper,
is a practical way of tackling problems in a more systemic way. It helps, but it is far from sufficient. Strong transdisciplinarity,
on the other hand, is both a tool and a project. An unfinished project which demands many efforts of systematization still
to be undertaken.
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