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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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ECO-CUBE/KNOW MAP 1)2)3)

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The Eco-cube is a three dimensional knowledge representation proposed by H. BENKING.

It was practically realized for the first time in June 1990 at the Exhibition "Global change-Welt im Wandel" that took place at the Bundeskanzler Amt in Bonn, Germany.

It is a kind of upgraded "Rubik's cube of Ecology".

Alike the Rubik cube, the Eco-cube is made of smaller also cubic elements

The third dimension is needed "in order to be able to dive into information, instead of surfing on the surface, subject to many influences which can distract us".

Benking adds: "We will have to share exploration in order to share common ground. We have to bridge and switch between models and scales, as one representation is not enough, and seeing from various distances, with different focus, lens and filters will help to establish common references even in uncharted terrains and vertical realms"

The basic point is "to put different observations into a single context".

Benking also refers himself to DOXIADIS's ekistics. For a complete written and graphic information see: http://benking.de/GlobalChange/spatial-spacial.html

Benking writes: "We can build models like 1x1x1 meter or 20x20x20 meters, where objects in fields of (survey) knowledge, subject areas or discipline domains form one dimension, and in another dimension we have scales to see if this field is located in the micro-, meso-, or macrocosm, covering a small or large scale".

→ Macroscope; Multiperpectivism; Panorama thinking; cognitive spaces

Categories

  • 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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