Buch
Constructing Reality
-The "Operationalization" of Bateson’s Conjecture on Cognition-Piero Mella
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Übersicht
Verlag | : | Springer International Publishing |
Buchreihe | : | SpringerBriefs in Psychology, SpringerBriefs in Cognition |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Erschienen | : | 11. 06. 2020 |
Einband | : | Kartoniert |
Höhe | : | 235 mm |
Breite | : | 155 mm |
ISBN | : | 9783030441319 |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Autorinformation
Piero Mella is Full Professor of Business Economics and Control Theory in the
Faculty of Economics, University of Pavia. In the past, he has been the Dean of the
Faculty as well as the Director of its Department of Business Research. He has
authored dozens of publications (among which a treatise entitled Amministrazione
d’Impresa [Management of the Firm], UTET Press), and for years he has researched
systems theory from multiple perspectives. His recent essays about systems theory
include: The Holonic Revolution. Holons, Holarchies and Holonic Networks. The
Ghost in the Production Machine (Pavia University Press. Pavia, 2009), Systems
Thinking: Intelligence in Action (Springer, 2012), The Magic Ring: Systems
Thinking Approach to Control Systems (Springer, 2014) and The Combinatory
Systems Theory. Understanding, modeling and simulating collective phenomena
(Springer, 2017).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1. Bateson’s Model of the Mind and the Fundamental Conjecture on Cognition.- Chapter 2. Beginning the Operationalization Process. First Step: Descriptions. From Dimensions to Objects.- Chapter 3. Second Step: Definition. From Objects to Concepts.- Chapter 4. Communication. Signs and Languages.