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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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"A manifestation of articulated belief, as reflected in the presence of tangible, visible, expression of that belief" (J. WARFIELD, 1989, p.11).

This is kind of an operational definition, to be used in Interpretive Structural Modeling, as proposed by WARFIELD. (The ultimate nature of reason is, of course, a very controversial subject, that cannot be discussed here).

WARFIELD adds, interestingly: "More generally, reason will be seen as high in quality when the form of its expression is not chosen intuitively in deference to habit, but is specifically tailored to satisfy recognized and articulated communication needs. Conversely it will be seen as low in quality when the form of its expression is colloquial and indifferent to the requirements of description and audience" (Ibid, p.12).

However, reducing the satisfactory manifestations of reason to its communicatory quality obviously is of course far from exhausting the subject.

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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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