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The focus of Symposium 7 is the exploration of the foundations
that could support Systems Sciences as the integrating force between
the various methodological, sociological and technological trends
of the future, not the least being information systems. A number
of basic principles and theories are frequently used or cited in
systems research, but most come from work in the natural sciences.
Alternative approaches have included soft systems methodologies,
second order cybernetics, autopoiesis theory, Luhmann's theories
of systems and communications, and cybersemiotics. All of these
emphasized social and humanistic aspects of knowledge.
Emphasis will be placed on ways in which theories or methodologies
can be applied across a range of human domains, from scientific
research to development and use of technologies to global systems
(social, ecological, economic, etc.) If Systems Sciences are to
help integrate human efforts and advancement, how will they do so?
Possible topics and areas of consideration:
- The role of systems thinking in artificial intelligence and
it applications
- Transdisciplinary approaches to human health
- Knowledge: what is it, what forms does it take, and who owns
it?
- Foundation theories: what really constitutes systems, their
development, and their design?
- Physical, biological, and cognitive systems - all one, or all
different?
- Systems, information, signification and communication -- how
do all of these relate?
- What does systems science have to contribute to the understanding
and design of information systems?
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