In the context of
systems science and
systems philosophy Systems philosophy is a discipline aimed at constructing a new philosophy (in the sense of worldview) by using systems concepts. The discipline was first described by Ervin Laszlo in his 1972 book ''Introduction to Systems Philosophy: Toward a New ...
, 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 environment, is described by its boundaries, structure and purpose and express ...
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 studies the fundamental nature of reality, the first principles of being, identity and change, space and time, causality, necessity, and possibility. It includes questions about the nature of conscio ...
systems can be studied and modeled.
The term "systemics" was coined in the 1970s by
Mario Bunge
Mario Augusto Bunge (; ; September 21, 1919 – February 24, 2020) was an Argentine-Canadian philosopher and physicist. His philosophical writings combined scientific realism, systemism, materialism, emergentism, and other principles.
He was ...
and others, as an alternative paradigm for research related to
general systems theory and systems science.
Mario Bunge
Mario Augusto Bunge (; ; September 21, 1919 – February 24, 2020) was an Argentine-Canadian philosopher and physicist. His philosophical writings combined scientific realism, systemism, materialism, emergentism, and other principles.
He was ...
(1979). ''A world of systems''. Dordrecht; Boston: Reidel, p. 1.
See also
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Autopoiesis
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Cybernetics
Cybernetics is a wide-ranging field concerned with circular causality, such as feedback, in regulatory and purposive systems. Cybernetics is named after an example of circular causal feedback, that of steering a ship, where the helmsperson ma ...
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Dynamic system
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Integral theory
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Meta-knowledge
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Meta-system Meta-systems have several definitions. In general, they link the concepts "system" and "meta-". A "meta-system" is about other systems, such as describing, generalizing, modelling, or analyzing the other system(s).
According to Turchin and Joslyn ...
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Meta-theory
A metatheory or meta-theory is a theory whose subject matter is theory itself, aiming to describe existing theory in a systematic way. In mathematics and mathematical logic, a metatheory is a mathematical theory about another mathematical theo ...
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Relativism
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Reliabilism
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System engineering
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Scientific paradigm
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Socio-cognitive
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System dynamics
System dynamics (SD) is an approach to understanding the nonlinear behaviour of complex systems over time using stocks, flows, internal feedback loops, table functions and time delays.
Overview
System dynamics is a methodology and mathematica ...
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Systemography
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Systems theory
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Triune continuum paradigm The Triune Continuum Paradigm is a paradigm for general system modeling published in 2002.A. Naumenko''Triune Continuum Paradigm: a paradigm for general system modeling and its applications for UML and RM-ODP'' Doctoral thesis 2581, Swiss Federal ...
References
Further reading
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Mario Bunge
Mario Augusto Bunge (; ; September 21, 1919 – February 24, 2020) was an Argentine-Canadian philosopher and physicist. His philosophical writings combined scientific realism, systemism, materialism, emergentism, and other principles.
He was ...
(1979), ''A world of systems''. Dordrecht; Boston, Reidel.
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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
Béla Heinrich Bánáthy ( hu, Bánáthy Béla; December 1, 1919 – September 4, 2003) was a Hungarian-American linguist, and Professor at San Jose State University and UC Berkeley. He is known as founder of the White Stag Leadership Developm ...
Systems theory
Systems science
pl:Teoria systemów
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