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International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics

2nd Edition, as published by Charles François 2004 Presented by the Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science Vienna for public access.

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The International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics was first edited and published by the system scientist Charles François in 1997. The online version that is provided here was based on the 2nd edition in 2004. It was uploaded and gifted to the center by ASC president Michael Lissack in 2019; the BCSSS purchased the rights for the re-publication of this volume in 200?. In 2018, the original editor expressed his wish to pass on the stewardship over the maintenance and further development of the encyclopedia to the Bertalanffy Center. In the future, the BCSSS seeks to further develop the encyclopedia by open collaboration within the systems sciences. Until the center has found and been able to implement an adequate technical solution for this, the static website is made accessible for the benefit of public scholarship and education.

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BRAIN (Triune) 5)

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A three levels model of the brain.

This concept of a multilevel organization of the brain as a complex system was developed by P. Mac LEAN, as quoted by A.S. IBERALL: "At its base lies the reptilian brain, in which one might say the routines or rituals of higher forms of life are governed and programmed. Surrounding that structure is the paleomammalian brain, the limbic structure, sometimes referred to as the older "smell" brain. Out of this the governing of the world originating from smell, the worlds of food and sex and aggression are intermingled (and sometimes confused). Finally, at the top emerges the neomammalian brain, the brain of sight, the primate brain, the brain of cognition and language, and coordination of language… What is characteristic of the neocortex is its rapid response, particularly to sensory signals. It programs at the millisecond level. It devotes a considerable part of its capacity to handling optical signals" (1975, p.21).

This model of the globally integrated brain has also been considerably developed by the French physiologist H. LABORIT (1954 and 1970).

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  • 1) General information
  • 2) Methodology or model
  • 3) Epistemology, ontology and semantics
  • 4) Human sciences
  • 5) Discipline oriented

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Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science(2020).

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