Thinking through systems thinking / Ion Georgiou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Georgiou, Ion.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

System theory.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

xii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Contents:

Part I Contextual investigations 1

1 War 3

2 Dualisms 15

Part II System theoretical investigations 39

4 Emergence 41

5 Emergent properties and complexes 53

6 Justification 68

Part III Phenomenological investigations 85

7 Perception and intention 87

8 Emergent properties and identities 102

9 Intentionality 120

Part IV Systemic epistemological investigations 133

10 Intuition 135

11 Dogmatism and bounded rationality 149

12 A systemic epistemology 165

Part V Applied investigations 179

13 Alienation 181

14 Methodological implications 195

15 An application in Organizational Learning theory 204

16 Interdisciplinary partnership: present results and future recommendations 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-241) and index.

ISBN:

041540519X

9780415405195

0415405203

9780415405201

OCLC:

70131150