Second-order cybernetics as cognitive methodology

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 393-406

  Scott, Bernard ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circular causality; Cognitive methodology; Phenomenology; Poetics; Second order cybernetics; Self organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039331575     PISSN: 00057940     EISSN: 1932300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1735(199609)13:3<393::aid-sres102>3.0.co;2-a     Document Type: Article

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