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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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REALISM (Experiential) 3)

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Within the general frame of the new field of cognitive science, G. VOLLMER, quoted by H. TOTH thus explains the basic tenets of experiential realism:

"a) a commitment to the existence of the real world

b) a recognition that reality places constraints on concepts

c) a conception of truth that goes beyond internal coherence, and

d) a commitment to the existence of stable knowledge of the world.

…Experience here is taken in a broad rather than a narrow sense. It includes everything that goes to make up actual or potential experiences of either individual organisms or communities of organisms – not merely perception, motor movement, etc., but especially the internal genetically acquired makeup of the organism and the nature of its interactions in both its physical and social environments" (1983, p.XV – in TOTH, 1983, p.307).

These concepts are quite akin to PASK'S conversation's theory and von FOERSTER's cybernetics of 2nd order.

→ Realism, hypothetical and Ontological skepticism

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Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science(2020).

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