Chapter 4 on “Process philosophy” follows after Chapter 3 on “The Systems Idea”. For context here’s an outline of the sections on the philosophy Chapter 3.

• 3.1 The Meaning of ‘Systems Philosophy’
• 3.2 The Boundary Concept
• 3.3 The ‘Enemies’ of Systems Thinking: Mechanism, Reductionism and Subject/Object Dualism
• 3.4 The Struggle against Subject/ Object Dualism
• 3.5 General Systems Theory
  • 3.5.1 Critique of General Systems Theory

• 3.6 The Theory of Mind
  • 3.6.1 Critique of the Theory of Mind

• 3.7 The Theory of Autopoiesis
  • 3.7.1 Critique of the Theory of Autopoiesis

• 3.8 Interpretive Systemology
  • 3.8.1 Critique of Interpretive Systemology

• 3.9 Conclusion

Here’s the outline of Chapter 4.

• 4.1 The Problem of Subject/Object Dualism
• 4.2 The Linguistic Tum
• 4.3 A Linguistic Tum in Systems Thinking
• 4.4 The Theory of ‘Three Worlds’
• 4.5 A Critique of the Linguistic Tum
• 4.6 The Origins of Knowledge
• 4.7 From Content to Process Philosophy
• 4.8 Defining Knowledge
• 4.9 Sentient…