...Syed Awais Ahmad Tipu; M. Azhar Hussain; Abu Elias Sarker Purpose The current study examines the impact of happiness and well-being on science and technology perceptions. Design/methodology/approach Drawing upon the World Values Survey (WVS), the dataset for the included six countries, one...

... Bateson's epistemology and shows how it emerges in political, social and ecological space. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Myth Disenchantment Science Ecology Enchantment Separateness Togetherness Damaged life It's a matter of how to keep those different levels, rings...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Cybernetics Mathematics Sport Science Article Type: Book reports From: Kybernetes, Volume 41, Issue 9 W.N. Norton2012336 pp.$26.95ISBN:978-0393063417 Keywords: Cybernetics, Mathematics, Sport, Science...

...+ereference 2011 Approx. 1700 pp.$939.00ISBN 978‐3‐540‐92911‐6 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Science Cybernetics Natural computing Biocyberneticians and readers who work in the interdisciplinary areas of cybernetics and systems are aware of the increasing number of links...

... to present a perspective of Stafford Beer's (SB) particular contributions to the discipline of management science as an opportunity to the profession for renewal and development, in particular, around managerial cybernetics. Practical implications The final section presents the passion of the authors...

... and biology is suggested here, embodying this. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Cybernetics Religion Science Many interesting and contentious points are raised in the papers in the recent issue commemorating Pesi Masani, as well as in his earlier contributions. In one of the recent papers (Masani...

...Robert W. Grubbström Argues that the Hempel‐Oppenheimian logical scheme for explanations and predictions also applies to prescriptive statements (recommendations) derived from theoretical models in the normative sciences. Presents ideas concerning the allocation of effort in developing normative...

... to emphasize certain points about the environment and various other mathematical and scientific ideas. Emphasizes the importance of other experts’ work in this field. Cybernetics Systems Prediction Science Table IIa and Table IIb show that during the 11 years from 1989 to 1999, Professor Ren...

...P.R. Masani It will be shown that the hypothesis of universal determinism fits poorly with the empirical realities of human life, and that no age of science (after 500BC) has embraced it. After tracing the history of universal determinism, we shall show how in the mid‐nineteenth century arose...

...Jon‐Arild Johannessen Questions the relationship between information science, the theory of science, and ethics. Defines the differences between the views of the theory of science used in information science and introduces the concept “The context of solution”, in addition to the entities...

... Presents a formal profile and academic vita of the distinguished scientist and philosopher Stafford Beer. Details his work as an international consultant in the sciences of management (social and operational research) and effective organization (cybernetics). Outlines his early years...

...Yi Lin; Yonghao Ma A new approach of general systems theory is used to study the feasibility of the definition of the theory so‐called the science of science. General scientific theory is studied as a system. The technique, well used by Bertrand Russell in his famous Russell paradox, is applied...