The Significance of System Cybernetics for Contemporary Philosophy- Post-Modernity in System Cybernetics :: Philosophy Philosophical Papers

The Significance of organization Cybernetics for Contemporary Philosophy- Post-Modernity in dust CyberneticsABSTRACT I call the union of cybernetics and systems possible action Systems Cybernetics. Cybernetics and systems theory might be thought of a major source of todays outstanding development in cyber-technology, the science of complex adaptive systems, and so on. Since their coevals about the middle of this century, these two have gradually come to be connected with each other such that they have now make an integrative theory which can be called Systems Cybernetics. This article pays tending to its aspects which be often overlooked, but which have profound significance for contemporary philosophical system and our handling of various problems posed by modern societies. I affirm that the dominant factors of European modernization ar primarily economic and technical, though modernity has often been characterized by philosophical and scientific rationalism. I similarly insist that there are several problems which deserve item attention but are make invisible by the economic and technological inclination of the modern mind. In such a context, the problem of reductionism in modern science and the concept of subject detached from its surroundings are discussed. In order to cope with these problems, main theories of System Cybernetics are applied. Post-modern System Cybernetics which will be illustrated is also expected to play an active part. prolusionI am Japanese, and now feel keenly that Japan has been chthonian an accelerating modernization. For example, we are now facing to so-called cyber-revolution, financial Big cast away and so on. On the other hand, the international conference for preventing the temperature rising of the primer caused by carbon dioxide was held in Kyoto just in December, 1997. These situations have made me convinced more and more firmly that system cybernetics has a particular significance for our consideration of the problems in modernization.I specialize in school of thought of science (theory of science in a more exact expression), and have abundant been interested in N. Wieners cybernetics as well as General System Theory founded by L. von Bertalanffy, while proposing for a decade or so to call the union of these two system cybernetics. In this paper, the significance of system cybernetics in dealing with the problems related to modernization, and its post-modernity as well, will be discussed, together with its resemblance to philosophy.I am very grateful for the opportunity of submitting this article which whitethorn be published just in 1998, the fiftieth memorial social class since the publication of Wieners book, Cybernetics.