03531nam 2200637Ia 450 991078355470332120230919060102.01-280-54745-697866105474561-84544-953-3(CKB)1000000000242921(EBL)267407(OCoLC)71127663(SSID)ssj0000465944(PQKBManifestationID)11973166(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000465944(PQKBWorkID)10457703(PQKB)11716272(MiAaPQ)EBC267407(Au-PeEL)EBL267407(CaPaEBR)ebr10132647(CaONFJC)MIL54745(OCoLC)936834145(EXLCZ)99100000000024292120000815d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFestschrift for Felix Geyer[electronic resource] /guest editors Bernard Scott, Vessela Misheva and Cor van DijkumBradford, England Emerald Group Publishingc20061 online resource (347 p.)Kybernetes, the international journal of systems & cybernetics ;v.35, no. 3/4Description based upon print version of record.1-84544-952-5 Cover; CONTENTS; Editorial advisory board; Preface; Editors' introduction; Contributors to the Festschrift; The cold war within a sociological systems perspective; Reflexivity revisited: the sociocybernetics of belief, meaning, truth and power; Thank you Felix Geyer; Happiness and the pursuit of happiness; Thinking about experience and action; The sociological concept of autopoiesis; Sociocybernetics and social entropy theory; The challenge of the past for the future of the social sciences; The necessity of trans-scientific frameworks for doing interdisciplinary researchSociocybernetics and testability: a bridge too far?A forgotten message? von Bertalanffy's puzzle; Corporate social responsibility from the viewpoint of systems thinking; Social knowledge for a world in transition; Complex systems studies and the concepts of security; Is Kevin Warwick a dandy?; The crisis of contemporary science; Studying alienation: toward a better society?; The biological metaphor of a second-order observer and the sociological discourse; The two faces of American power; The vicarious self; Cybernetics and systems on the web: Jerry Wiesner and MIT; Awards; Book reviewsBook reportsAnnouncements; Special announcementsThis e-book consists of research papers and personal reflections of Felix Geyer's work or to the areas in which he has been active (socio-cybernetics, alienation theory). Socio-cybernetics can be defined as "Systems Science in Sociology and Other Social Sciences" - systems science, because socio-cybernetics is not limited to theory but includes application, empirical research, methodology, axiology (i.e., ethics and value research), and epistemology.Volume 35, Issue 3 & 4CyberneticsSystems engineeringCybernetics.Systems engineering.003/.5Scott Bernard964388Misheva Vessela1546749Dijkum Cor van1546750MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783554703321Festschrift for Felix Geyer3802565UNINA