Systems Thinking and the Disclosure of a Technological Society: Some Philosophical Reflections

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-131

  Strijbos, Sytse ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Disclosive systems thinking; Philosophy of technology; Systems philosophy; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

SYSTEMS THINKING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037243086     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.534     Document Type: Article

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