Chapter
Can we apply synergetics to the human sciences?
pp.:
53 – 72
From crisp systems to fuzzy systems
pp.:
72 – 93
Systems and societies: The logic of sociocultural evolution
pp.:
93 – 118
Systems-theoretical approach to the concept of organization
pp.:
118 – 140
No system can be improved in all respects
pp.:
140 – 157
The plurality of systems, and the unity of the world
pp.:
157 – 179
Systems ideology in human and social sciences
pp.:
179 – 194
Systems theory and the evolution of science
pp.:
194 – 317
Emerging systems
pp.:
317 – 332
II. Semiotics
pp.:
332 – 349
Semiotic systems
pp.:
349 – 351
Inquiries into semiotic principles and systems
pp.:
351 – 364
Constructive contradictions
pp.:
364 – 370
III. Knowledge and cognition
pp.:
370 – 397
Gödelian aspects of nature and knowledge
pp.:
397 – 399
Cognitive systems theory
pp.:
399 – 418
IV. Culture
pp.:
418 – 435
Concept of the ‘Second Reality’ from the perspective of an empirical systems theory on the basis of radical constructivism
pp.:
435 – 437
Self-organization of culture
pp.:
437 – 475
Systemic organization and the development of the European musical language
pp.:
491 – 493
A systems theoretical approach to language and music
pp.:
493 – 528
VI. Language
pp.:
528 – 561
On the nature of tension in dialectal networks
pp.:
561 – 563
Hurst’s indicators and text
pp.:
563 – 586
A note on language competences as dynamic systems
pp.:
586 – 603
Chaos, fractals and dissipative structures in language
pp.:
603 – 610
VII. Literature
pp.:
610 – 635
Fractopoi, chaosmos, or merely simplexity-complicity?
pp.:
635 – 637
A systems-oriented approach to literary studies
pp.:
637 – 660
VIII. In lieu of an EPILOGUE
pp.:
660 – 683
Systems and the human sciences
pp.:
683 – 685
Index of names
pp.:
685 – 770
Index of subjects
pp.:
770 – 783