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65 items with this tag.
Dec 21, 2025
GST was meant to be a research program, not an individual theory
elements-relations
systems-science
methodology
theory
Dec 21, 2025
a biology centered metaphysics lets us handle social systems without resorting to physicalist reductionism
systems
elements-relations
ontology
social-systems
biology
Dec 21, 2025
a general model of process can be described
systems
elements-relations
methodology
systems-science
Dec 21, 2025
a physics based TOE would add nothing to our understanding of life and human society
systems
elements-relations
ontology
critique
biology
Dec 21, 2025
a systems ontology of problems sees them as emerging from complex situations
systems
elements-relations
ontology
methodology
emergence
Dec 21, 2025
a theory of global society that accounts for structural and functional views would be desirable
systems
elements-relations
social-systems
methodology
theory
Dec 21, 2025
academics share the common language of mathematics, which is too abstract to unify them
systems
elements-relations
methodology
mathematics
critique
Dec 21, 2025
an ESM should be developed first at the conceptual level
systems
elements-relations
methodology
systems-science
theory
Dec 21, 2025
an ESM would be a resource for wisdom
systems
elements-relations
systems-science
methodology
wisdom
Dec 21, 2025
biology links the microscopic and astronomic
systems
elements-relations
biology
systems-science
emergence
Dec 21, 2025
bunge's epistemological hierarchy
systems
elements-relations
ontology
epistemology
Dec 21, 2025
category theory may be fundamental for systems theories, competing with graph and set theory
systems
elements-relations
mathematics
methodology
theory
Dec 21, 2025
choosing between coarse and fine grained models requires making tradeoffs wbetween accuracy and parsimony
systems
elements-relations
methodology
modeling
analysis
Dec 21, 2025
concrete and abstract systems can be viewed ontologically or epistemologically
systems
elements-relations
ontology
epistemology
methodology
Dec 21, 2025
constants in systems theories should be dimensionless
systems
elements-relations
mathematics
methodology
theory
Dec 21, 2025
constructivist camps stress the relativity of models
systems
elements-relations
methodology
epistemology
modeling
Dec 21, 2025
economic theory should highlight scale-dependence of the proper relation between polity and economy
systems
elements-relations
social-systems
political-economy
Dec 21, 2025
esm should focus on life as intermdiate between domains of matter and mind
systems
elements-relations
ontology
emergence
life
Dec 21, 2025
existing links in modern social systems may be non-ideal in type, direction, and magnitude
systems
elements-relations
social-systems
analysis
Dec 21, 2025
focusing on emergence emphasizes the sharp question - what questions are necessary and sufficient for life or mind to occur?
elements-relations
emergence
ontology
life
Dec 21, 2025
general theory and general methodology are similar, both involving modeling and characterized by abstract achetypes
elements-relations
methodology
ontology
Dec 21, 2025
humanity needs to accomplish a completion-reinitiation event
elements-relations
social-systems
philosophy
transformation
Dec 21, 2025
in social systems information descends while matter-energy ascends
elements-relations
social-systems
information
Dec 21, 2025
incompleteness is the most general explanation for evil
elements-relations
ontology
philosophy
ethics
Dec 21, 2025
information theory is about organization vs. disorganization
elements-relations
information
methodology
organization
Dec 21, 2025
it is often important to verbalize core systems insights before mathematical formalization
elements-relations
methodology
mathematics
communication
Dec 21, 2025
lineal models remain the norm in social science despite the fact that many social phenomena exhibit feedback
elements-relations
methodology
social-systems
modeling
Dec 21, 2025
mathematics need not be quantitative, only precise
elements-relations
mathematics
methodology
precision
Dec 21, 2025
meaning is possible because our world is neither totally random nor determined
elements-relations
ontology
philosophy
meaning
Dec 21, 2025
metaphysics provides semantics to bind science and math
elements-relations
ontology
mathematics
philosophy
Dec 21, 2025
modeling is the compression (representation) and organization (construction)of impressions
elements-relations
methodology
modeling
representation
Dec 21, 2025
one valuable contribution of the systems movement is its offering of a systems theoretic language for discussing problems in general terms
elements-relations
methodology
systems-science
communication
Dec 21, 2025
physics must be displaced by biology as the science most relevant to our worldview
elements-relations
ontology
biology
Dec 21, 2025
society needs institutions dedicated to impartial scientific analysis of critical problems
elements-relations
social-systems
methodology
Dec 21, 2025
synchronics and diachronics represent an attempt to integrate systems theory structurally, by organizing its content
elements-relations
systems-science
methodology
integration
Dec 21, 2025
synchronics considers various system types in order of increasing complexity
elements-relations
systems-science
methodology
complexity
Dec 21, 2025
systems analysis usually doesn't deeply study divergence of actual from ideal
elements-relations
methodology
analysis
Dec 21, 2025
systems knowledge is about form and process in general, everything we relate to exemplifies a systems theme
elements-relations
ontology
systems-science
methodology
Dec 21, 2025
systems theories cannot be empirically falsified, they apply or don't
elements-relations
methodology
epistemology
theory
Dec 21, 2025
systems theories must be judged by their utility in creating or augmenting scientific theories
elements-relations
methodology
evaluation
theory
Dec 21, 2025
systems theorists need simple models, analysts need realistic ones
elements-relations
methodology
modeling
analysis
Dec 21, 2025
systems theory is too abstract to offer solutions to concrete real-world problems
elements-relations
methodology
critique
Dec 21, 2025
the ESM of the systems project doesn't make claims of completeness, consistency , or certainty. it only insists on ubiquitous and important discoverable patterns in the world.
elements-relations
methodology
systems-science
Dec 21, 2025
the greeks believed principles were real
elements-relations
philosophy
ontology
history
Dec 21, 2025
the most general is fundamental for systems theory
elements-relations
systems-science
methodology
fundamentals
Dec 21, 2025
the most valuable contributions of the systems project are in metaphysical clarifications of problems
elements-relations
ontology
methodology
systems-science
Dec 21, 2025
the notion of system is useful because it is general and can be made mathematically exact and linked to scientific theory
elements-relations
ontology
mathematics
systems-science
Dec 21, 2025
the philosophy of biology must correct the denial of progress and overemphasis on randomness distorting our understanding of evolution
elements-relations
biology
philosophy
evolution
Dec 21, 2025
the polity should regulate the economy
elements-relations
social-systems
political-economy
Dec 21, 2025
the systems project is already the major interdisciplinary movement in the sciences
elements-relations
systems-science
interdisciplinary
Dec 21, 2025
the triple sustainability concept is imperfect
elements-relations
social-systems
critique
sustainability
Dec 21, 2025
the various systems theories are not formally integrated
elements-relations
systems-science
methodology
integration
Dec 21, 2025
there are some general phenomena for which no systems theories exist
elements-relations
systems-science
methodology
gaps
Dec 21, 2025
there are universal structures and processes common to many different types of systems
elements-relations
ontology
systems-science
Dec 21, 2025
thermodynamics addresses core systems metaphysics themes - order vs. disorder and system-environment interactions
elements-relations
ontology
thermodynamics
systems-science
Dec 21, 2025
unity of science requires an exact and scientific metaphysics
elements-relations
ontology
methodology
Dec 21, 2025
utility differs from the categories of matter, energy, information in having normative, not just descriptive applications
elements-relations
ontology
information
normativity
Dec 21, 2025
viewing the planet as an organism is limiting
elements-relations
ontology
critique
biology
Dec 21, 2025
we can identify four possible approaches to integrating systems theories according to a structural organizing principles
elements-relations
systems-science
methodology
integration
Dec 21, 2025
we can imagine a world in which systems theories were the dominant paradigm
elements-relations
systems-science
philosophy
vision
Dec 21, 2025
we can view various systems theories as collectively defining systems science
elements-relations
systems-science
methodology
integration
Dec 21, 2025
we can't understanding the brain by modeling simple representations of very many neurons in the absence of robust theories of memory, cognition, emotion
elements-relations
neuroscience
modeling
critique
cognition
Dec 21, 2025
we must see structure, function, and history to understand many phenomena
elements-relations
methodology
analysis
systems-science
Dec 21, 2025
we should think of the world in terms of - matter, energy, information, utility along with structure, function and history
elements-relations
ontology
information
systems-science
Dec 21, 2025
while systems theory is biocentric, systems analysis is anthropocentric since humans are the only agents capable of perfecting
elements-relations
methodology
systems-science
analysis