Wolfgang Hofkirchner

A Critical Social Systems View of the Internet Wolfgang

Autopoiesis and Critical Social Systems Theory Christian Fuchs and Wolfgang Hofkirchner Autopoiesis and Critical Social Systems Theory

Maturana and Varela (1980, p. 78f) provided the following definition of autopoiesis: “An autopoietic machine is a machine organized (defined as a unity) as a network of processes of production (transformation and destruction) of components that produces the components which: (i) through their interactions and transformations continuously regenerate and realize the network of processes (relation...

Information Processing in Evolutionary Systems

A common information-concept would turn the sciences dealing with certain aspects of real-world information-processing manifestations into a single, though transdisciplinary information science. The philosophical interpretation of the self-organisation theories is a proper background theory capable of restoring information theory as a theory of evolutionary systems which process information. A ...

Transdisciplinarity Needs Systemism

The main message of this paper is that systemism is best suited for transdisciplinary studies. A description of disciplinary sciences, transdisciplinary sciences and systems sciences is given, along with their different definitions of aims, scope and tools. The rationale for transdisciplinarity is global challenges, which are complex. The rationale for systemism is the concretization of underst...

The Commons from a Critical Social Systems Perspective Los comunes desde una perspectiva de los sistemas sociales críticos

This paper is an attempt to theorise the commons from a perspective that sets out for reconciling systemism with a critical stance. According to that the concept of the commons is not only descriptive but also normative. The commons are defined as the systemic effect of synergy in social systems. However, the more suppression and exploitation are ruling, the higher is the extent of exclusion of...