Relationships between complex thinking and complex adaptive systems

The aim of the article is to contribute to the establishment of bridges between Complex Thinking and Complex Adaptive Systems with the aim of enriching the theoretical frameworks and approaches to work related to complexity. From the review we conclude that, although complex thinking and complex adaptive systems maintain differences and specificities, to a great extent a high compatibility is observed because they are nourished by common sources. The tensions, which are still present, that complex systems are more scientific because they use scientific methods and that complex thinking is more philosophical with its method of thinking are gradually being diluted and, on the contrary, the voices that demand their integration are increasingly necessary and urgent.