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The Praxis of Cybernetics and the Cybernetics of Praxis

Online Conference Proceedings
 




OVERVIEW
 
 
A variety of paper presentations were made in the 2001 ASC Conference's plenary sessions. The conference format was such that a presenter submitted an abstract of his / her contribution in advance, then was invited to develop a paper based on the presentation, feedback, conversations, etc.

This page provides a single point of access to the 2001 conference papers submitted. To preserve context, the available papers are listed according to the conference session in which they were presented.

To access the general set of abstracts for all presentations and the conference playshops, please visit the 2001 Conference Abstracts page.
 




SESSION THEME:
 
  RECURSIVE REFLECTION ON THE PRAXIS OF CYBERNETICS



Frank Galuszka
 
 
The Palette as a System
 

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Larry Richards
 
 
The Praxis of Thinking: Deliberate vs. Improvised
 

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Stuart A. Umpleby
 
 
Two Kinds of General Theories in Systems Science
 

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SESSION THEME:
 
  CONCERN FOR THE SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CYBERNETICS PRAXIS



Ely A. Dorsey
 
 
The Lie of Race: The Politics of Evil
 

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Antonín Rosicky
 
 
Information And Social Systems Evolution
 

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Randall Whitaker
 
 
Information Warfare, Languaging, and Second-Order Cybernetics
 

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SESSION THEME:
 
  CONCERN FOR THE ORGANIZATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF CYBERNETICS PRAXIS



Rosalind Armson
&
Ray Ison

 
 
If you're a fish, what can you know about the water?
 

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Mary Lou Collins
 
 
The Tornado Effect: When Systems Collide
 

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Alan Stewart
 
 
Creating a culture of conversing: Applying cybernetic notions in business praxis
 

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Randall Whitaker
&
Ulf Essler

 
 
Interactivity in Electronic Commerce: Shifting the Focus of Business Modeling
 

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Philip Wrigley
 
 
A Systems Theory of Deliberative Meetings in Organisations
 

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SESSION THEME:
 
  CONCERN FOR THE IMPLICATIONS OF CYBERNETICS TO EDUCATIONAL PRAXIS



Mary-Ellen Perley
 
 
Drama and Literary Interpretation: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Praxis
 

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