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89 items with this tag.
Dec 21, 2025
Boundary
glossary
systems
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Emergence
glossary
systems
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Environment
glossary
systems
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Feedback Loop
glossary
systems
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System
glossary
systems
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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 connection is a special type of relation that makes a difference
systems
world-of-systems
ontology
relations
connections
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a general model of process can be described
systems
elements-relations
methodology
systems-science
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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 postulate outlining general systems principles
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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a system's components must be listed before inquiring about its environment and structure
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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a system's degree of integration depends on connections or links among a systems components relative to disintegrating actions of the environment
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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a systems ontology of problems sees them as emerging from complex situations
systems
elements-relations
ontology
methodology
emergence
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a theory of global society that accounts for structural and functional views would be desirable
systems
elements-relations
social-systems
methodology
theory
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a thing is an aggregate iff its state space equals the union of the state spaces of its components, otherwise it's a system
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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aa encourages alcoholics to find the disease within themselves the way jungian analysts have patients find their type
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
Dec 21, 2025
academics share the common language of mathematics, which is too abstract to unify them
systems
elements-relations
methodology
mathematics
critique
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allowing purpose to determine what you consciously inspect does not lead to wisdom
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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an ESM should be developed first at the conceptual level
systems
elements-relations
methodology
systems-science
theory
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an ESM would be a resource for wisdom
systems
elements-relations
systems-science
methodology
wisdom
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an assemblage of connected black boxes has emergent properties, the resulting system can be represtned by listing transfer fucntions characterizing its compoennts
systems
world-of-systems
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analytical kinematics looks at links among components of a system
systems
world-of-systems
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biology links the microscopic and astronomic
systems
elements-relations
biology
systems-science
emergence
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black boxes are suitable models of system components, not systems
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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
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choosing between coarse and fine grained models requires making tradeoffs between accuracy and parsimony
systems
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choosing between coarse and fine grained models requires making tradeoffs wbetween accuracy and parsimony
systems
elements-relations
methodology
modeling
analysis
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concrete and abstract systems can be viewed ontologically or epistemologically
systems
elements-relations
ontology
epistemology
methodology
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constants in systems theories should be dimensionless
systems
elements-relations
mathematics
methodology
theory
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constructivist camps stress the relativity of models
systems
elements-relations
methodology
epistemology
modeling
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cooperation and competition are not opposites, many things cooperate and compete with each other
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
Dec 21, 2025
cybernetic explanation is always negative - the course of events are subject to restraints
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
Dec 21, 2025
cybernetics recognizes "self" as part of a very large trial and error system
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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cybernetics studies the propositional, informational aspects of the natural world and requires different procedures
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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differences, not impulses, travel in axons
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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dreams elaborate on relationships but don't identify related things
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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dreams, art, and the best of religion provide remedy for the ills of conscious purpose
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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dynamical analogies - transport, diffusion, cooperation, competition- are found in various types of systems
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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dynamical models involve change mechanisms - subsystems or processes whose properties, when changed, effect changes in other properties of the same system
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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dynamical models of systems are ones representing one or more of its mechanisms
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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economic theory should highlight scale-dependence of the proper relation between polity and economy
systems
elements-relations
social-systems
political-economy
Dec 21, 2025
emergent properties are ones that are new for a system at a time step
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
Dec 21, 2025
equating self with consciousness is a fallacy
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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esm should focus on life as intermdiate between domains of matter and mind
systems
elements-relations
ontology
emergence
life
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every system but the world is subject to random actions that will lead to its breakdown or mutation
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
Dec 21, 2025
existing links in modern social systems may be non-ideal in type, direction, and magnitude
systems
elements-relations
social-systems
analysis
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explaining human behavior requires dealing with total completed circuits
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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explanatory principles represent agreements among scientists to stop trying to explain things
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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fields are not systems, but collections of fields superposed on regions of space are
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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general theory and general methodology are similar, both involving modeling and characterized by abstract archetypes
systems
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grey box models are black boxes with conjectured internal states and no disclosed functional mechanism
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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grey box models involving internal state vectors are usually required for control systems
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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humans can't practically separate ontology from epistemology
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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information does not measure organization
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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information sources for an agent are restraints for the cybernetic observer
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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information systems can gain or lose final states in response to external stimuli
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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information theory's central postulate relates the quantity of information of a signal to the unexpectedness of the message
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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kinematical models of systems are theories representing changes in some of the system's properties
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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langrangian models are useful for continuous systems
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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language and tools lead to consciousness and objectivity
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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linear models remain the norm in social science despite the fact that many social phenomena exhibit feedback
systems
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mental characteristics of systems are immanent in the whole, but not in some parts
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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no theory specifies how conceptual items combine with concrete ones
systems
world-of-systems
ontology
theory
conceptual
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noise, anything that is not information, redunadancy, form, or restraints, is the only possible source of new patterns
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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plastic, adaptive sytems stay stable within a changing environment. unstable systems suffer structural or functional breakdown
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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poetic imagination is the only reality, there is no real sepration between the self and experience
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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pythagoras advocated for inquiry into pattern over substance
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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search for a system's internal sources of change before blaming changes on its environment
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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self-organization is a special case of self-assembly
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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society could be redesigned to combine the good features of competition with those of cooperation, preventing scarcity and waste
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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system
systems
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systemism
systems
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tenses are possible with language, not with communication by action
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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the concept of state space can be clarified with concrete examples
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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the elementary unit of information is a difference which makes a difference
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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the goal of the systems theorist is to obtain a model of a phenomenon, while the goal of the systems analyst is to use a model to solve a problem.
systems
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the graph of the ancestry relation is a strict partial order
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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the individual mind exists not only in the body, but also in pathways and messages outside of the body
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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the nature of meaning, information, etc. depends on our perspective
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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the postulate regarding a system's optimal size is empirically testable
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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the unit of survival for natural selection is a flexible organism in its environment
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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the universe is the supersystem of all other systems, and a system composed of subsystems
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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the way to theoretical knowledge is from hypothesized structure to behavior, not from behavior to inferred structure
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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the world can't continue operating in terms of the cartesian dualism of mind vs. matter
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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there are plenty of systems, like radio waves with no recognizable inputs and outputs. black box models must be supplemented by deeper more detailed models
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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understanding a system requires knowing its composition, environment, structure, history, and laws
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG
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what information gets to consciousness is a systematic sampling of the rest
systems
steps-to-an-ecology-of-mind
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x and y are coordinated if they jointly contribute to the integrity of a system
systems
world-of-systems
THEME_TAG