E-Book, Englisch, 474 Seiten
Minati / Pessa Collective Beings
2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-35941-0
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 474 Seiten
Reihe: Contemporary Systems Thinking
ISBN: 978-0-387-35941-0
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
This book offers an overview on the background to systemics. It introduces the concept of Collective Being as a Multiple System established by processes of emergence and self-organization of the same agents simultaneously or dynamically interacting in different ways. The principles underlying this approach are grounded on the theoretical role of the observer. This view allows to model in a more suitable way complex systems, such as in physics, biology and economics.
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1;Contents;6
2;Preface;10
3;Foreword;16
4;Chapter 1 THE BACKGROUND TO SYSTEMICS;18
4.1;1.1 Introduction;18
4.2;1.2 What is Systemics ?;20
4.3;1.3 A short, introductory history;22
4.4;1.4 Fundamental theoretical concepts;32
4.5;1.5 Sets, structured sets, systems and subsystems;55
4.6;1.6 Other approaches;58
5;Chapter 2 GENERALIZING SYSTEMICS AND THE ROLE OF THE OBSERVER;64
5.1;2.1 The contribution of Von Foerster;65
5.2;2.2 The role of Observer in scientific theories;67
5.3;2.3 Uncertainty Principles in Science;72
5.4;2.4 The DYnamic uSAge of Models (DYSAM);81
6;Chapter 3 EMERGENCE;106
6.1;3.1 A short history of the concept;106
6.2;3.2 Collective Beings;114
7;Chapter 4 HOW TO MODEL EMERGENCE: TRADITIONAL METHODS;161
7.1;4.1 A general classification of models of emergence;161
7.2;4.2 Dynamical Systems Theory for modelling emergence: the basic concepts;165
7.3;4.3 Dynamical Systems Theory for modelling emergence: bifurcation phenomena;176
7.4;4.4 Emergence phenomena in spatio- temporal systems and Dissipative Structures;187
7.5;4.5 The intrinsic limitations of traditional methods;204
8;Chapter 5 HOW TO MODEL EMERGENCE: NON- TRADITIONAL METHODS;211
8.1;5.1 Synergetics;211
8.2;5.2 The theory of phase transitions;217
8.3;5.3 Quantum Field Theory;246
8.4;5.4 Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking;255
8.5;5.5 Non-ideal models of emergence;265
8.5.1;5.5.1 Neural Networks;266
8.5.2;5.5.2 Cellular Automata;277
8.5.3;5.5.3 Artificial Life;281
8.6;5.6 The role of noise;289
8.7;5.7 The relationship between traditional and non- traditional models;295
9;Chapter 6 THE ROLE OF ERGODICITY;307
9.1;6.1 Some definitions related to ergodicity;309
9.2;6.2 Ergodicity and stationarity;316
9.3;6.3 Ergodicity in Collective Beings;318
9.4;6.4 Emergence, Collective Beings and Ergodicity;322
9.5;6.5 Further considerations;325
9.6;6.6 Some remarks and possible lines of research;329
10;Chapter 7 APPLICATIONS TO SOCIAL SYSTEMS ( 1);336
10.1;7.1 Growth, Development and Sustainable Development;338
10.2;7.2 Ethics;351
11;Chapter 8 APPLICATIONS TO SOCIAL SYSTEMS ( 2):;368
11.1;8.1 Systems Archetypes and Collective Beings;368
11.2;8.2 Virtual systems;374
11.3;8.3 Other applications;386
12;Chapter 9 APPLICATIONS TO COGNITIVE SYSTEMS: BEYOND COMPUTATIONALISM;401
12.1;9.1 TRADITIONAL COGNITIVE SCIENCE;401
12.2;9.2 Is Cognition equivalent to Computation?;408
12.3;9.3 Theories of consciousness;411
12.4;9.4 Embodied Cognition;414
13;Appendix 1 SOME SYSTEMIC PROPERTIES;420
14;Appendix 2 SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT;453
15;Index;471
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