Society for general systems research at twenty-five: What agenda for our second quarter-century?

Ericson, Richard F.

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“…Very pronounced in Europe, this trend was reinforced in the 1970's when some distinguished cyberneticists (Stafford Beer, Gordon Pask, Heinz von Foerster) joined the SGSR: this confusion was regularly denounced by other members of the society. 23 In his presidential address, Ericson (1979) felt the need to recall two major reasons that invalidated those identifications -the encompassing vocations of general systemology (in the "broad sense"), and the conceptual schemes and values that were specific to it:…”

Section: Bertalanffy's and Rapoport's Role As Editors Of General Systemsmentioning

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On the history of Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s “general systemology”, and on its relationship to cybernetics - Part II: Contexts and developments of the systemological hermeneutics instigated by von Bertalanffy

Pouvreau

2014

International Journal of General Systems

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The history of "general system theory" is investigated in order to clarify its meanings, vocations, foundations and achievements. It is characterized as the project of a science of the systemic interpretation of the "real", renamed here "general systemology". The contexts and modes of its elaboration, publication and implementation are discussed. The paper mostly focuses on the works of its instigator: Ludwig von Bertalanffy. However, general systemology was a collective project: the main contributions of other "systemologists", from the 1950s until the 1970s, are hence also considered. Its solidarity with the history of the Society for General Systems Research is notably discussed. A reconstruction of the systemological hermeneutics is undertaken on this basis. It finds out the potential systematic unity underlying the diversity of the contributions to this both scientific and philosophical project. Light is thus shed on the actual scope of von Bertalanffy's works.

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Section: Bertalanffy's and Rapoport's Role As Editors Of General Systemsmentioning

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On the history of Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s “general systemology”, and on its relationship to cybernetics - Part II: Contexts and developments of the systemological hermeneutics instigated by von Bertalanffy

Pouvreau

2014

International Journal of General Systems

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The systems movement: An overview for information scientists

Mansfield

1982

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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The focus of information research in any given discipline depends on the meaning of the word “information” for scientists in that discipline. This article lists some of the “disciplines of information,” including several with a strong systems orientation, and identifies those information scientists for whom a knowledge of systems methodology is important. This is followed by a broad‐brush treatment of the modern systems movement: its role in the changing worldview of science, some disciplines (e.g., cybernetics and operations research) that have contributed to its development, and the distinction that can be drawn between General Systems Theory (GST) and other approaches to the study of systems—a theme developed by Mattessich in the article that follows.

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Working Toward Quality of Life: Primary Prevention of Drug Abuse

Thorsheim

Roberts

1981

The Quality of Life: Systems Approaches

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Society for general systems research at twenty-five: What agenda for our second quarter-century?

Cited by 3 publications

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On the history of Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s “general systemology”, and on its relationship to cybernetics - Part II: Contexts and developments of the systemological hermeneutics instigated by von Bertalanffy

On the history of Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s “general systemology”, and on its relationship to cybernetics - Part II: Contexts and developments of the systemological hermeneutics instigated by von Bertalanffy

The systems movement: An overview for information scientists

Working Toward Quality of Life: Primary Prevention of Drug Abuse

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