Structures of Complexity: A Morphology of Recognition and Explanation
暫譯: 複雜性的結構：認知與解釋的形態學

由於自然科學的分析成果，我們的世界觀被越來越多且越來越小的碎片所分解。因此，重新關注複雜性和整體性、跨學科性和綜合性可能是有益的。在他最新的書中，魯伯特·里德爾（Rupert Riedl）探討了我們所稱之為「複雜」的結構和功能關聯。他以卓越的方式分析了複雜性的定義、出現、意義，以及最終的專業處理方式。

Rupert Riedl (1925-2005) was an Austrian zoologist renowned for his work in the field of marine research (biology of marine caves, fauna and flora of the Mediterranean Sea) as well as for his contributions to the systems theory of evolution and evolutionary epistemology. Films such as "Das Leben im Riff" ("Life in the Reef", 1951), "Lichter unter Wasser" ("Lights under Water", 1952), and others also made him well known to a wider audience. He conducted his research at the University of Vienna. In 1967 he was appointed full professor and research professor of Marine Sciences at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, USA.

Later in life he also dealt with social and environmental issues. Among other activities, he was founder of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research and the founding president of the Club of Vienna.

Even after his retirement in 1995, he continued to hold lectures at the University of Vienna, with evolution being the main topic during that time. He criticized Darwin's determining factors as insufficient; he described mutation as a "blind constructor", selection as a "short-sighted opportunist". He already suspected some type of preselection in the realm of genes - a theory that he also expounded upon in his books.

魯伯特·里德爾（Rupert Riedl，1925-2005）是一位奧地利動物學家，以其在海洋研究領域的工作而聞名（包括海洋洞穴生物學、地中海的動植物群），以及他對進化系統理論和進化認識論的貢獻。像《珊瑚礁的生命》（Das Leben im Riff，1951年）、《水下的光》（Lichter unter Wasser，1952年）等影片也使他為更廣泛的觀眾所熟知。他在維也納大學進行研究。1967年，他被任命為美國北卡羅來納州教堂山的海洋科學全職教授及研究教授。

在晚年，他也開始關注社會和環境問題。除了其他活動外，他是康拉德·洛倫茲進化與認知研究所的創始人，以及維也納俱樂部的創始會長。

即使在1995年退休後，他仍繼續在維也納大學講授課程，當時的主要主題是進化。他批評達爾文的決定因素不足，並將突變描述為「盲目的建造者」，將選擇描述為「目光短淺的機會主義者」。他已經懷疑基因領域中存在某種預選擇的情況，這一理論他在書中也有詳細闡述。