Work

Implications for Beer's ontological system/metasystem dichotomy

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Stafford Beer developed managerial cybernetics, but there were many facets of his work. Most of his work concerned epistemology, and little concerned ontology. Not all of the aspects or implications of his work has been fully recognised, and an attempt shall be made to explore one of these. In particular, this paper explores his paradigm by considering some of the epistemologically and ontological angles. Some of the implications for Beer's work will also be shown to have led to the creation of a virtual paradigm capable of exploring his achievements externally, after Goedel.

Source: Kybernetes

DOI: 10.1108/03684920410523670

Author: Maurice Yolles

Institution: Liverpool John Moores University

Language: English

Topic: Complex Systems and Decision Making

Subfield: Management Science and Operations Research

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2087088296

FWCI: 2.111

Cites: 58

Cited by: 30

Related to: 10