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  As science, knowledge, and ideas evolve and are increased and refined, the branches
  of philosophy in charge of describing them should also be increased and refined. In this work
  we try to expand some ideas as a response to the recent approach from several sciences to
  complex systems. Because of their novelty, some of these ideas might require further
  refinement and may seem unfinished, but we need to start with something. Only with their
  propagation and feedback from critics they might be improved.
  We make a brief introduction to complex systems, for then defining <em>abstraction levels</em>.
  Abstraction levels represent simplicities and regularities in nature. We make an ontological
  distinction of absolute being and relative being, and then discuss issues on causality,
  metaphysics, and determinism.
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  The First Biennial Seminar on the Philosophical, Methodological 
            First Biennial Seminar on the Philosophical, Methodological and Epistemological Implications of Complexity Theory
confloc: 'La Habana, Cuba'
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  - family: Gershenson
    given: Carlos
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date: 2002
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  - family: Sotolongo
    given: Pedro
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keywords: 'Complexity, Philosophy, Ontology, Abstraction Levels, Determinism, Causality'
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title: Complex Philosophy
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