Systems Thinking, Critical Realism and Philosophy

A Confluence of Ideas

John Mingers (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

268 Seiten

2014
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-51953-3 (ISBN)

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Systems Thinking, Critical Realism and Philosophy: A Confluence of Ideas seeks to re-address the whole question of philosophy and systems thinking for the twenty first century and provide a new work that would be of value to both systems and philosophy. This is a highly opportune time when different fields – critical realism, philosophy of science and systems thinking – are all developing around the same set of concepts and yet not realizing it.

This book will be of interest to the academic systems community worldwide and due to it's interdisciplinary coverage, it will also be of relevance to a wide range of scholars in other disciplines, particularly philosophy but also operational research, information systems, and sociology.

John Mingers is Professor of Operational Research and Systems at Kent Business School, University of Kent. He is Deputy Director of the business school and Director of Research. He is a past Chair of the UK Systems Society and has been a member of the Council of the OR Society. John Mingers studied Management Sciences for his first degree at Warwick and later completed a Masters in Systems in Management at Lancaster University and a PhD at Warwick. He also worked in industry as a systems analyst and then as an OR analyst.

PART 1 FOUNDATIONS 1. Introduction 2. Philosophical Foundations: Critical Realism 3. Systems Thinking and Critical Realism PART 2 ONTOLOGICAL ISSUES 4. Explanatory Mechanisms 5. Emergence, Generative Powers and Causality 6. Can Social Systems be Autopoietic? PART 3 EPISTEMOLOGICAL ISSUES 7. Observing Systems: The Question of Boundaries 8. Knowledge and Forms of Truth PART 4 PRACTICAL ISSUES 9. Methodology: What Might We Do 10. Ethics: What Should We Do? 11. Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.4.2014
Reihe/Serie	Ontological Explorations Routledge Critical Realism
Zusatzinfo	10 Tables, black and white; 6 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	660 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-415-51953-5 / 0415519535
ISBN-13	978-0-415-51953-3 / 9780415519533
Zustand	Neuware