Monthly Archives: November 2012

Relational Science SIG: Abstracts requested

ISSS Relational Science SIG: Abstracts are requested The Relational Science SIG of the International Society for the Systems Sciences invites abstracts for paper or poster sessions for ISSS 2013 on applying relational thinking to the theme of this conference: how to ensure … Continue reading

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R-theory Tutorial # 3

Triggering Questions (Kent Palmer) Is there meta-causality, i.e. do causes have causal affects on each other. If causes cause each other, rather than effects on something else but themselves, how is this causality trasmitted from cause to cause? What does … Continue reading

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R-theory Tutorial #2

Triggering Questions (Kent Palmer) 1.    What does R-theory say about the immiscibility of axioms in Euclidean geometry? 2.    More specifically, how does R-theory deal with meta-system boundaries? The question was raised in regard to the parallel postulate in Euclidean geometry, … Continue reading

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R-theory Tutorial #1

Triggering questions (Kent Palmer): 1. Is the R-holon transitive? 2. Is the holon logic contradictory? Recall the definitions from the 2011 synthesis paper: My understanding of transitivity is rather simple. If A entails B and B entails C then A … Continue reading

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Learning Organization

These are three slides showing an R-theory interpretation of the concepts of “Learning Organization”. They show the basic concepts at each level, and how meta-levels are linked, up to control levels as recommended in critiques of Senge’s original set of … Continue reading

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