: Morin points out that we lack a "science of things of the mind" (noology) that could examine how ideas organize and defend themselves within systems.

Morin introduces the idea that we must move toward , which refuses to reduce reality to simple parts or polarities (like "nature vs. culture"). Instead, it seeks to reconnect dispersed knowledge and integrate the humanistic and scientific cultures.

In the opening of (1982), Edgar Morin argues that science lacks the very "conscience" (reflexivity and ethics) it needs to manage its own power. He describes a fundamental gap where human sciences ignore physical realities, while natural sciences ignore their own socio-cultural roots.

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