EMPLOYING THE THEORY OF DYNAMIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS WITH A VIEW TO PUTTING TOGETHER A PROPER CONCEPTUAL AND CATEGORICAL FRAMEWORK IN THE AREA OF IMPORT SUBSTITUTION

摘要

This study aims to analyze the category import substitution using specific tools from the theory of dynamic systems that provide for an optimal balance in terms of preserving content-related and conceptual specificity and mathematical rigor within the context of the cognition of complex objects. The authors analyze and classify existing approaches to defining the category import substitution by reference to the content-related, conceptual, and functional aspects that are reflected, in one way or another, in definitions employed. Using tools from the theory of dynamic information systems the authors put together a definition of the category import substitution of their own. To this end, the authors utilize a triadic method intended to reflect the category in question in three first-level derived categories which characterize it most completely. Each of the three first-level derived categories is decrypted using second-level categories, and then all the derived categories are used to define the base category import substitution. The subsequent raising of the decryption level helps take a more deliberate approach to defining the category import substitution. To this end, the authors also decrypt each of the second-level derived categories, which results in that the overall number of third level categories characterizing the base category comes to 27. Using all the derivatives the authors manage to fine-tune and expand the definition of the category import substitution and reflect in it certain aspects which previously used to be left out of consideration by scholars exploring import substitution.