Sense
and nonsense in systems thinking |
Logical Positivist Pragmatic Empirical Epistemology |
“Exceptionally
useful” “Makes EA more powerful, coherent and usable.” “The most
important work on EA and applied System Theory today.” “Way
beyond any other EA/system engineering/human factors/systems theory
resource.” |
Models <create and use> <represent> Thinkers <observe & envisage>
Phenomena |
I
have withdrawn my two books on Amazon.
Because my more recent Linkedin
articles (listed under four titles below) are better. For publication in books watch this space. |
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Copy this link to find the
articles below in Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamberrisford/recent-activity/articles/ |
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A
Systems Thinker’s view of Enterprise
Architecture |
A
Systems Thinker’s view of Description
and Reality |
A
Systems Thinker’s view of Systems
Thinkers |
A
Systems Thinker’s view of Sociology |
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An
overview of ways we describe
reality, and a philosophical basis
for systems thinking |
Comparing
and contrasting what systems
thinkers have said, with new insights. |
A
logical analysis of social systems and modern social philosophy. |
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Articles |
EA history ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010 EA today EA and systems thinking Service-orientation in EA and BA EA domain
insights |
Typology How we typify things Structural and behavioral views Domain knowledge Causality Systemology ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010 Semiotics |
The system concept Abstraction
in systems thinking How we
abstract systems Feedback Systems thinkers Ashby’s
cybernetic systems Senge’s
system archetypes Meadows’ social system dynamics Checkand’s soft systems Beer’s ideas (long) More system ideas “Complexity in the universe” Appendix |
Social systems thinking Beer’s ideas (short) Social systems thinking part I Rules and violations part I Social systems thinking part II Socio-cultural thinking The concepts of social justice |
Below, more
questionable research and notes made while stumbling to the above |
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TOGAF as applied system theory Quality
assurance systems (a rant) |
Old notes |
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General |
Systems |
Philosophy |
continued… |
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Thinkers before
systems thinking |
Relativity v quantum mechanics |
Insights
from the idealism triangle Philosophical position statement |
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More ideas |
On complexity science |
General, information
and description |
Cybernetic ideas |
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On information
& communication Mental
models and how brains work The evolution of types and logic Research for description theory |
Hierarchical (v network) organisation |
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Types |
More sociological thinking |
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Entities and
identities Homeostasis
and control Hierarchies and lattices. Idealisation in system theory “the real machine” the eternal golden braid Abstraction varieties and typology |
Types in different disciplines |
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More musings |
The schism |
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References |
The practical terminology challenge Enterprise state data Modelling madness. |
The
schism in systems thinking Social
entities v. social systems |
Holism and emergent properties |
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