...Diego Rapoport Yi   Lin . Systemic Yoyos: Some Impacts of the Second Dimension . Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press   2009 . 408 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐4200‐8820‐5 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Cybernetics Modelling Sciences This monograph is about Dr...

... law test. In this paper, first, we will propose an evolving complex network model with fixed number of vertices; then we will give the science citation network as an example for illustration; finally, we will establish a rigorous test process for power law. Consider a network initially...

...Yi Lin; Xiaoya He; Yi Lin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish quantitative properties for the general systemic yoyo model so that this model can be readily employed to study problems from various disciplines of knowledge, be they from natural science or social science. Design...

..., and an integration of these into a cybernetically informed concept of human‐centered design, on the one hand, and a design‐informed concept of second‐order cybernetics, on the other hand. In the course of this conceptual exploration, the distinction between science and design is explored with cybernetics located...

..., Nachmanovitch gives a more detailed analysis of the relation between art, science, and Bateson's work. The memorial ends with a more journalistic article by Feller on Gaviotas, a cooperative in Columbia, which works according to ecological principles, far away from any scientific approach, demonstrating...

...Monika Silvia Broecker; Georg Ivanovas; Tyler Volk; Jeffrey W. Bloom; John Richards Purpose Gregory Bateson defined a metapattern as a “pattern of patterns.” But, what did he mean by metapattern (which he used only once)? Can there be a meta‐science, in which metapatterns are its objects...

...Yi Lin Purpose This paper aims to show that systemic methods and thinking can be used to develop useful tools to address problems open in traditional science, such as Newtonian physics, universal gravitation, planetary motions, and the three‐body problem. Design/methodology/approach Expanded...

... The approach is one of a rigorous and deep querying of the reasons for the lack of successful fit heretofore between sociology and cybernetics. By taking a critical, historical and philosophical approach to the development of sciences it opens possibilities for the reconstruction of sociology as a “new science...

...Arne Kjellman Purpose To present a new approach to scientific thinking (paradigm) that avoids the shortcomings and inconsistencies of the prevailing Newtonian approach. Design/methodology/approach The signs of a science in crisis are reviewed and some of its shortcomings are compiled...

... of the discussions. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Philosophy Cybernetics Sciences Guillaume Apollinaire once wrote: “What would become of the world if machines started thinking?” Warren McCulloch's and Walter Pitt's famous paper of 1943 on the Logical Calculus of Ideas turned...

... a term of attack which he uses in order to protest against the classical reductionistic “science” paradigm. On the other hand, systemics – in contrast to “constructivism” and “second‐order cybernetics” – is a term, which he at least uses without immediately distancing himself from it again...

... be no such thing as theoretical metaphysics, because metaphysics cannot argue and try to express its content through language, but nevertheless its content stays untouched. Art does not argue. Art shows the inexpressible. Wittgenstein sees metaphysics as more related to art, than to science and draws the line...

...Monika Broecker Purpose Presents an “in memoriam” tribute to Heinz von Foerster. Design/methodology/approach Outlines his work. Findings Introduces his inspiring contributions in the applied sciences and to the more general researches on the theoretical and practical implications...

... by both these movements are exactly those which stand (or used to stand) as foundations of both western philosophy and science, and have their roots in an Aristotelian view of the world. By direct comparison between concepts drawn from passages of the main philosophers of the Postmodern movement...

... different periods and the contribution rate of the periodic technological advance of Henan Province is measured. Lastly, the technical change and the relation between the technical change and the funds for science and technology of Henan Province are analysed with the grey production function (the G‐C‐D...