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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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DETERMINISM (Epistemic) 2)

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The concept of causality according to which "given a complete knowledge of the present situation (Crf. the demon of LAPLACE)… if we assume that all events are causally related, and that causal determination is complete, then we must conclude that the world is completely determined and that all future events are in principle predictable" (1989, p.362).

This is the general frame of all scientific theories seeking grand algorithms, including the would be "theory of everything", embracing all forces in nature.

However, as stated by R.N. ADAMS: "Determinism is a condition where events conform to our models to a high degree, but it occurs because (1) the models are apt for the particular set of conditions and (2) those conditions are highly stable" (1988, p.3).

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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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