A landmark in the history of science: H. von foerster’s cybernetics of cybernetics (1974)

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2020

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Foundations of science, 1233-1821, 2020

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Springer Nature

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This paper presents and discusses an authentic landmark in the history of science, namely H. v. Foerster’s Cybernetics of Cybernetics, 1974, a most fundamental book based on the students’ notes. This is a book rarely known even by many specialists. This paper claims that von Foerster’s book constitutes a unique achievement in the history of science and pro-vides reasons. A thorough presentation is introduced that brings a complete panorama of concepts, problems and approaches

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System science, History of science, Control communication, Epistemology

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