Avoiding Social Catastrophes And Maximizing Social Opportunities
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Avoiding Social Catastrophes And Maximizing Social Opportunities
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Author : Society for General Systems Research. North American Meeting
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Avoiding Social Catastrophes And Maximizing Social Opportunities written by Society for General Systems Research. North American Meeting and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Social systems categories.
Social Psychiatry
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Author : Vladimir Hudolin
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-06-29
Social Psychiatry written by Vladimir Hudolin and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-29 with Medical categories.
It is becoming more and more difficult to publish papers from international and world scientific meetings. The causes are partly financial; in addition the number of meetings held is so large that it is impossible to find the necessary time for the enormous amount of work involved in preparing and publishing these materials. Also the scientific and professional quality of these meetings is often poor as the same points of view as well as more or less the same papers, with only slight modifi cations, are usually presented. The educational system is also responsible since professionals are required to publish papers in order to get promoted in their pro fession and in their institutions. Overproduction of meetings and papers is often mentioned by many pro fessionals, but when we look at the professional activi ties of the critics of these meetings and papers, we can see that they also behave in the stereotypic way - they write papers, read them at congresses and publish in periodicals. The number of periodical publications of some medical branches - including psychiatry - is enor mous. In the light of such thoughts it seems opportune to evaluate the 8th World Congress of Social Psychiatry and the papers presented - the papers you are now holding in your hands. Although such an evaluation is a delicate and difficult task, I think it should be at least attempted in this Editorial.
The Science Of Synthesis
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Author : Debora Hammond
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2011-05-18
The Science Of Synthesis written by Debora Hammond and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-18 with Science categories.
Debora Hammond's The Science of Synthesis explores the development of general systems theory and the individuals who gathered together around that idea to form the Society for General Systems Research. In examining the life and work of the SGSR's five founding members-Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Kenneth Boulding, Ralph Gerard, James Grier Miller, and Anatol Rapoport-Hammond traces the emergence of systems ideas across a broad range of disciplines in the mid-twentieth century. Both metaphor and framework, the systems concept as articulated by its earliest proponents highlights relationship and interconnectedness among the biological, ecological, social, psychological, and technological dimensions of our increasingly complex lives. Seeking to transcend the reductionism and mechanism of classical science-which they saw as limited by its focus on the discrete, component parts of reality-the general systems community hoped to complement this analytic approach with a more holistic orientation. As one of many systems traditions, the general systems group was specifically interested in fostering collaboration and integration among different disciplinary perspectives, with an emphasis on nurturing more participatory and truly democratic forms of social organization. The Science of Synthesis documents a unique episode in the history of modern thought, one that remains relevant today. This book will be of interest to historians of science, system thinkers, scholars and practitioners in the social sciences, management, organization development and related fields, as well as the general reader interested in the history of ideas that have shaped critical developments in the second half of the twentieth century.
A Theory Of Immediate Awareness
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Author : M. Estep
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-06-29
A Theory Of Immediate Awareness written by M. Estep and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-29 with Philosophy categories.
This book is multi- and interdisciplinary in both scope and content. It draws upon philosophy, the neurosciences, psychology, computer science, and engineering in efforts to resolve fundamental issues about the nature of immediate awareness. Approximately the first half of the book is addressed to historical approaches to the question whether or not there is such a thing as immediate awareness, and if so, what it might be. This involves reviewing arguments that one way or another have been offered as answers to the question or ways of avoiding it. It also includes detailed discussions of some complex questions about the part immediate awareness plays in our over-all natural intelligence. The second half of the book addresses intricate and complex issues involved in the computability of immediate awareness as it is found in simple, ordinary things human beings know how to do, as weIl as in some highly extraordinary things some know how to do. Over the past 2,500 years, human culture has discovered, created, and built very powerful tools for recognizing, classifying, and utilizing patterns found in the natural world. The most powerful of those tools is mathematics, the language of nature. The natural phenomenon of human knowing, of natural intelligence generally, is a very richly textured set of patterns that are highly complex, dynamic, self-organizing, and adaptive.
Self Organizing Natural Intelligence
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Author : Myrna Estep
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-12-26
Self Organizing Natural Intelligence written by Myrna Estep and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-12-26 with Psychology categories.
This book brings new scientific methods to intelligence research that is still under the influence of 19th century single causal theory and method. The author describes a rigorous and exhaustive classification of natural intelligence while demonstrating a more adequate scientific and mathematical approach than current statistical and psychometric approaches construct to shore up the out-dated and misused IQ hypothetical. The author demonstrates the superiority of a highly developed multidisciplinary-theory models view of intelligence.
Cybernetic Revolutionaries
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Author : Eden Medina
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2014-01-10
Cybernetic Revolutionaries written by Eden Medina and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Computers categories.
A historical study of Chile's twin experiments with cybernetics and socialism, and what they tell us about the relationship of technology and politics. In Cybernetic Revolutionaries, Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. The first was Chile's experiment with peaceful socialist change under Salvador Allende; the second was the simultaneous attempt to build a computer system that would manage Chile's economy. Neither vision was fully realized—Allende's government ended with a violent military coup; the system, known as Project Cybersyn, was never completely implemented—but they hold lessons for today about the relationship between technology and politics. Drawing on extensive archival material and interviews, Medina examines the cybernetic system envisioned by the Chilean government—which was to feature holistic system design, decentralized management, human-computer interaction, a national telex network, near real-time control of the growing industrial sector, and modeling the behavior of dynamic systems. She also describes, and documents with photographs, the network's Star Trek-like operations room, which featured swivel chairs with armrest control panels, a wall of screens displaying data, and flashing red lights to indicate economic emergencies. Studying project Cybersyn today helps us understand not only the technological ambitions of a government in the midst of political change but also the limitations of the Chilean revolution. This history further shows how human attempts to combine the political and the technological with the goal of creating a more just society can open new technological, intellectual, and political possibilities. Technologies, Medina writes, are historical texts; when we read them we are reading history.
The Quality Of Life Systems Approaches
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Author : G.E. Lasker
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2014-05-20
The Quality Of Life Systems Approaches written by G.E. Lasker and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-20 with Science categories.
Applied Systems and Cybernetics covers the proceedings of the International Congress on Applied Systems Research and Cybernetics. The book presents several studies that cover the application of systems research and cybernetics in improving the quality of life. Majority of the materials in the text tackle various aspects of quality of life in relation to systems and cybernetics, such as living space, future prospects, work, education, politics, law, ethics and values, culture and ethnicity, and social systems. The selection also presents articles that cover the elemental properties of quality of life, such as the concept, views, indicators, and dimension. The book will be of great interest to any scientists regardless of disciplines, since it covers the main purpose of science, the improvement of quality of life.
Index Of Conference Proceedings Received
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Author : British Library. Lending Division
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Index Of Conference Proceedings Received written by British Library. Lending Division and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Conference proceedings categories.
Handbook Of Stress
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Author : Leo Goldberger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Handbook Of Stress written by Leo Goldberger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Psychophysiologic Disorders categories.
The Relation Between Major World Problems And Systems Learning Advances In Holistic Problem Solving And Human Actions Systems Research
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Author : Society for General Systems Research
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
The Relation Between Major World Problems And Systems Learning Advances In Holistic Problem Solving And Human Actions Systems Research written by Society for General Systems Research and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Social problems categories.