Whiteheadian Societies as Open-Ended Systems and Open-Ended Systems as Whiteheadian Societies
In this essay I defend two interrelated theses. The first is that Whiteheadian structured societies are best understood as open-ended systems akin to those currently being proposed in the natural and social sciences by Stuart Kauffman, David Sloan Wilson, and Niklas Luhmann. The second is that an op...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2012
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| Στο/Στη: |
Process studies
Έτος: 2012, Τόμος: 41, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 64-85 |
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| Παράλληλη έκδοση: | Μη ηλεκτρονικά
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| Σύνοψη: | In this essay I defend two interrelated theses. The first is that Whiteheadian structured societies are best understood as open-ended systems akin to those currently being proposed in the natural and social sciences by Stuart Kauffman, David Sloan Wilson, and Niklas Luhmann. The second is that an open-ended system is best understood in terms of an ongoing interplay of subjectivity and objectivity, which I derive from a modest rethinking of the workings of a Whiteheadian structured society. |
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| ISSN: | 2154-3682 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Process studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/44798996 |
