In the context of
systems science and
systems philosophy, systemics is an initiative to study
system
A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole. A system, surrounded and influenced by its open system (systems theory), environment, is described by its boundaries, str ...
s. It is an attempt at developing logical, mathematical, engineering and philosophical paradigms and frameworks in which physical, technological, biological, social,
cognitive and
metaphysical
Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality. It is traditionally seen as the study of mind-independent features of the world, but some theorists view it as an inquiry into the conceptual framework of h ...
systems can be studied and modeled.
The term "systemics" was coined in the 1970s by
Mario Bunge and others, as an alternative paradigm for research related to
general systems theory and systems science.
[ Mario Bunge (1979). ''A World of Systems''. Dordrecht; Boston: Reidel, p. 1.]
See also
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Autopoiesis
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Cybernetics
Cybernetics is the transdisciplinary study of circular causal processes such as feedback and recursion, where the effects of a system's actions (its outputs) return as inputs to that system, influencing subsequent action. It is concerned with ...
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Dynamic system
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Integral theory
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Meta-knowledge
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Meta-system
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Meta-theory
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Relativism
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Reliabilism
Reliabilism, a category of theories in the philosophical discipline of epistemology, has been advanced as a theory both of justification and of knowledge. Process reliabilism has been used as an argument against philosophical skepticism, such as ...
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System engineering
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Scientific paradigm
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Socio-cognitive
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System dynamics
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Systemography
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Systems theory
Systems theory is the Transdisciplinarity, transdisciplinary study of systems, i.e. cohesive groups of interrelated, interdependent components that can be natural or artificial. Every system has causal boundaries, is influenced by its context, de ...
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Triune continuum paradigm
References
Further reading
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Charles François (1999)
Systemics and Cybernetics in a Historical Perspective in: ''Systems Research and Behavioral Science'', Vol 16, pp. 203–219.
* Pouvreau David (2013). "Une histoire de la 'systémologie générale' de Ludwig von Bertalanffy - Généalogie, genèse, actualisation et postérité d'un projet herméneutique", Doctoral Thesis (1138 pages), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris : http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00804157
* Frederic Vester (2008), The Art of interconnected thinking: Tools and concepts for a new approach to tackling complexity; Munich, MCB.
External links
Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and InformaticsComputational Philosophy of Science– The MIT Press
by
Béla H. Bánáthy
Systems theory
Systems science
pl:Teoria systemów
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