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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1. VerfasserIn: Bracken, Joseph A. 1930-2024 (Verfasst von)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2012
In: Process studies
Jahr: 2012, Band: 41, Heft: 1, Seiten: 64-85
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2154-3682
Enthält:Enthalten in: Process studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/44798996