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Sense and nonsense in
systems thinking |
Pragmatic Empirical Constructive Epistemolgical Structural Realism |
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“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 |
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I
have withdrawn my two books on Amazon.
Because more recent Linkedin
articles (6 potential books below) are better. |
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A systems
thinkers view of system
theory |
A systems
thinkers view of economics |
A systems
thinkers view of societyw |
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Systems
thinking General system theory in the 21st century System description and reality (triad) First and second order cybernetics Agent-based and complex adaptive systems Hard and soft systems thinking Critical thinking about systems thinking Systems, physics and philosophy Description and reality Abstracting
description from reality ·
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On
economics ·
Viewing
an economy as a system ·
A
system of 12 economic principles ·
Is
economic growth justifiable? ·
Is
there a magic money tree? On wealth
disparity ·
The
rise and fall of equality ·
Wealth
disparity in the 21st century ·
Who
are the top one percent? |
On the
history of society On
sociology (sections below) ·
Epistemic drift ·
Constructivism ·
Marxism ·
Critical theory ·
Identity politics ·
Sexism ·
Colonialism Perverse outcomes Social philosophy |
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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 |
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How we describe human and computer activity systems |
How we describe reality, and a philosophical basis
for systems thinking. |
Comparing and contrasting systems thinkers’ ideas, with
new insights. |
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EA history ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010 EA today EA and systems thinking Intro
to the system thinking triad Service-orientation in EA and
BA EA domain
insights |
Intro
to the system thinking triad Typology How we typify things Structural
and behavioral views Domain knowledge Causality Systemology ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010 Semiotics |
Foundations System description and reality (triad) Dynamical systems thinking Senge’s ideas Activity systems thinking Abstraction from detail More about particular concepts |
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Below, highly
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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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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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 |
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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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