Minati / Pessa Collective Beings

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-387-35941-0
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 462 Seiten

Microscopic models 226 The intrinsic limitations of the theory of phase transitions 229 5. 3 Quantum Field Theory 230 5. 4 Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking 239 5. 5 Non-ideal models of emergence 249 5. 5. 1 Neural networks 250 5. 5. 2 Cellular Automata 261 5. 5. 3 Artificial Life 265 5. 6 The role of noise 273 5. 7 The relationships between traditional and non-traditional models 279 Chapter 6. The Role of Ergodicity 291 6. 1 Some definitions related to ergodicity 293 6. 1. 1 Ergodic 293 6. 1. 2 Disciplinary definitions 293 6. 2 Ergodicity and stationarity 300 6. 3 Ergodicity in Collective Beings 302 6. 4 Emergence, Collective Beings, and Ergodicity 306 6. 5 Further considerations 309 6. 6 Some remarks and possible lines of research 313 Chapter 7. Applications to Social Systems (1): growth, development, sustainable development and ethics 321 7. 1 Growth, Development and Sustainable Development 323 7. 1. 1 Representing Growth 324 7. 1. 2 Development 326 7. 1. 3 Managing for development 334 7. 2 Ethics 336 7. 2. 1 Ethics and Quality 340 7. 2. 2 Effectiveness and advantages of Ethics 342 7. 2. 3 Ethics for quality and effectiveness 343 7. 2. 4 Ethics and Globalization 346 viii Contents Chapter 8. Applications to Social Systems (2): systems archetypes, virtual systems, knowledge management, organizational learning, industrial districts 353 8. 1 Systems archetypes and collective beings 353 8. 2 Virtual systems 359 8. 2.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Minati, Gianfranco

Pessa, Eliano

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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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