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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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WELTANSCHAUUNG 1)3)

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A global paradigmatic worldview.

As observed by J. SUTHERLAND, any Weltanschauung "can not only serve as a guide for empirical efforts but (also) as a perceptual filter which can exclude data and causal inferences which would be incompatible within the context of the … paradigm itself" (1973, p.121).

His/her Weltanschauung is the most global cultural frame of reference for the observer, who uses it and lives within it, many times without being conscious of it.

SUTHERLAND's comment actually refers to the mechanistic worldview, but it can be applied to any Weltanschauung, including of course the systemic-cybernetic one. Systemists should thus beware of conceptual absolutism and intolerance.

(Note: WELTANSCHAUUNG is a German word quite often used by some systemists, which is the reason for its inclusion in this encyclopedia).

Within the "archeology"of the concept, W.von HUMBOLDT's "Weltansicht"(World perspective) should be mention ned ("Gesammelte schriften", Berlin Akademie, 1836-39)

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  • 2) Methodology or model
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