Science's first mistake : delusions in pursuit of theory /

The purpose of the book is to deconstruct the process of knowledge discovery and theory construction. Grounded in the tradition of second-order cybernetics, the concept of self-reference is used in the context of systems theory in order to examine the mode in which observation, paradox and delusion...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Angell, Ian O.
Otros Autores: Demetis, Dionysios S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2010.
Colección:Open Access e-Books
Temas:
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.
Interdisciplinarité.
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Divination and Theory Construction
  • Delusion
  • Individual Allusions that Limit Sensory Overload
  • Patterns of Categorical Delusions
  • Tidy Minds, Technology and the Myth of Control
  • Systems Theory
  • On the Premises of Observation
  • The Frame of Observation and the Functional Differentiation of Science
  • Higher-order Observations
  • Asymmetry and Self-reference
  • Collapsing Systems
  • The Reality of the Real
  • Science's First Mistake.

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