A landmark in the history of science: H. von foerster’s cybernetics of cybernetics (1974)

This paper presents and discusses an authentic landmark in the history of science, namely H. v. Foerster’s Cybernetics of Cybernetics, 1974, a most fundamental book based on the students’ notes. This is a book rarely known even by many specialists. This paper claims that von Foerster’s book constitu...

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Autores:
Maldonado, Carlos Eduardo
Concha, Eduardo Villar
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2020
Institución:
Universidad El Bosque
Repositorio:
Repositorio U. El Bosque
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unbosque.edu.co:20.500.12495/5155
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/5155
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-020-09721-w
Palabra clave:
System science
History of science
Control communication
Epistemology
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openAccess
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Summary:This paper presents and discusses an authentic landmark in the history of science, namely H. v. Foerster’s Cybernetics of Cybernetics, 1974, a most fundamental book based on the students’ notes. This is a book rarely known even by many specialists. This paper claims that von Foerster’s book constitutes a unique achievement in the history of science and pro-vides reasons. A thorough presentation is introduced that brings a complete panorama of concepts, problems and approaches