Nature, Cognition and System II
Subtitle: Current Systems-Scientific Research on Natural and Cognitive Systems Volume 2: On Complementarity and Beyond
By: edited by Marc E. Carvallo
Series: Theory and Decision Library, Series D: System Theory, Knowledge Engineering and Problem Solving -- 10; Theory and Decision Library, Series D: System Theory, Knowledge Engineering and Problem Solving -- 10
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9789401052344; 9789401127790
Subjects: Quantum theory; Science; Philosophy; Humanities; Systems theory
Description: The three volumes comprising Nature, Cognition and System present a representative collection of reports on current research in the major topics of system theory and cybernetics as applied to the two main classes of systems, viz. the natural and cognitive systems. The contributions emphatically present alternative reflections and creative syntheses of such time-honoured and controversial issues of the `nature-cognition-system connection' which in principle and in fact form the very subject-matter of the current `sciences of complexity'. In the present volume Niels Bohr's seminal idea of `complementarity' has been chosen as the hinge around which these discussions, critical appraisals, alternative views, and applications, both orthodox and non-orthodox have taken place. This pivotal notion seems to exert an appeal not only upon the strictly technical or disciplinary aspects of quantum physics, but also upon the wider epistemological understanding, which is based on the role and nature of language for measurement processes, that Bohr himself seemed to apply to subjects other than physics, and which later might turn out to be of primary importance for an explanation in genuine system-scientific context. Volume II is organized into three parts. The first part contains contributions which have been written quite in the true spirit of the Copenhagen Interpretation. The second one contains those with a quite pronounced critical mood towards the orthodox theory, including the discussions among others of the problematic issues of physics and cognitive science. The third part is dedicated to the discussions of this complex `nature-cognition-system connection' from the non-orthodox point of view. The scope and depth of the contributions reveal an underlying coherence, despite the divergence in the approaches to the study of the subject, thus making this volume a useful source for researchers, practitioners, teachers and students of the variety of disciplines making up modern system theory, cybernetics and cognitive science.
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