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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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MULTI-MODAL SYSTEMS THINKING 1)4)

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V.DE RAADT writes: "Multi-modal systems thinking is a normative approach to systems science that draws from both conventional systems science such as that developed by von BERTALANFFY and his successors, and from DOOYEWEERD's theory of modalities"

"The aim of multi-modal systems thinking is to reform and expand science so as to add the norms of human life to our understanding of the determinative part of life. These norms address all areas of our life, including such things as marriage and child rearing, work, service to others, preservation of our heritage, learning, and ethically following our religious, cultural and social pursuits"(2001, p. 4)

Such a proposal seems to cover a basic-but widely forgotten-need, in western societies in particular. However, it implies the adhesion to specific values and norms proper to a specific culture.

There is probably a need to harmonize understanding of the values and norms systems across all cultural systems in order to avoid clashes between them, as a result of divergent beliefs

This will probably imply the arduous task of creating a frame of meta-values and metanorms acceptable for all cultures and rules about transcultural reciprocities and respect

The most difficult issue is probably how to handle the seemingly natural intolerance frequently associated with strong unilateral belief.

→ Methodology (Multi-modal systems)

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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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