SCiO Global mini-Conference and AGM 2024 Sat, Sep 28th, 202409:00 – 14:00  GMT+1

 SCiO meeting on Saturday 28th with contributions from Systems Practitioners:
Eva de Hullu – Perceptual Control Theory – an ‘inside-out’ approach to systems thinking
Miguel Pantaleon – 10 Years of Systems Thinking Practice: Learnings from the Struggle
Gavin Roberts – Exploring a multi-agency system – requisite variety, complexity, systems laws and a bit of a whack
Joan O’Donnell – Self-organising beings: the art and practice of embodied wisdom
and in between those we’ve got the (short!) AGM

SCiO Global mini-Conference and AGM 2024 | SCiO – Systems and Complexity in Organisation

• W. T. Powers, Fort Wayne, T. Carey, D. Goldstein, W. Mansell, R. Marken, Bruce E. Nevin, R. Robertson less
• Published 2011
• Psychology

• Corpus ID: 16714676

Perceptual Control Theory A Model for Understanding the Mechanisms and Phenomena of Control

• W. T. Powers, Fort Wayne, T. Carey, D. Goldstein, W. Mansell, R. Marken, Bruce E. Nevin, R. Robertson less
• Published 2011
• Psychology

Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) provides a general theory of functioning for organisms. At the conceptual core of the theory is the observation that living things control the perceived environment by means of their behavior. Consequently, the phenomenon of control takes center stage in PCT, with observable behavior playing an important but supporting role. The first part of the paper explains how the PCT model works. This explanation includes a definition of “control” as well as the basic equations from which one can see what is required for control to be possible. The second part of the paper describes demonstrations that the reader can download from the Internet and run, so as to learn the basics of control by experiencing and verifying the phenomenon directly. The third part of the paper shows examples of the application of PCT to different areas of psychological research including learning, developmental psychology, social psychology, and psychotherapy. This summary of the current state of the field celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the first major publication in PCT (Powers, Clark & MacFarland, 1960)

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[PDF] Perceptual Control Theory A Model for Understanding the Mechanisms and Phenomena of Control | Semantic Scholar

The Significance of Emergence

Tim Crane

In Barry Loewer & Grant Gillett (eds.), Physicalism and its Discontents (2001)   Copy   BIBT_EX

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to understand the content of, and motivation for, a popular form of physicalism, which I call ‘non-reductive physicalism’. Non-reductive physicalism claims although the mind is physical (in some sense), mental properties are nonetheless not identical to (or reducible to) physical properties. This suggests that mental properties are, in earlier terminology, ‘emergent properties’ of physical entities. Yet many non-reductive physicalists have denied this. In what follows, I examine their denial, and I argue that on a plausible understanding of what ‘emergent’ means, the denial is indefensible: non-reductive physicalism is committed to mental properties being emergent properties. It follows that the problems for emergentism—especially the problems of mental causation—are also problems for non-reductive physicalism, and they are problems for the same reason. Like Recommend

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• DOI:10.1063/1.3527171
• Corpus ID: 122494627

On the Nature of Consciousness—On Consciousness in Nature

• E. Schwarz
• Published 3 December 2010
• Philosophy, Physics

The study of consciousness has considerably increased in the last few years. Research has been mainly focused on its neurological aspects, but the intrinsic nature of consciousness is usually completely neglected. In this contribution, we present a new onto‐epistemological general metamodel that we developed to interpret complex partly autonomous systems (like living systems). Our metamodel is not based on the usual space‐time‐energy framework of mainstream Newtonian science, but involves two elemental categories: the domain of objects and the domain of relations. Furthermore, and most importantly, we show that the combination of these two aspects gives rise to the system as a holistic, self‐referential and existential entity. We will then use this onto‐epistemology to interpret the nature of consciousness, which, in this model, is a meta‐physical, meta‐relational self‐referential entity. Collapse

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[PDF] On the Nature of Consciousness—On Consciousness in Nature | Semantic Scholar

Year unclear

What is conversation? How can we design for effective conversation?January 2009Hugh DubberlyPaul Pangaro

(17) What is conversation? How can we design for effective conversation? | Request PDF

http://www.eyeonsociety.co.uk/resources/fulllist.html

http://www.johnraven.co.uk/pubs/pubs.html

Allenna Leonard

2011, Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Governance in the Relative WhenAllenna Leonard2011, Systems Research and Behavioral Science

(99+) Governance in the Relative When | Allenna Leonard – Academia.edu

Don’t be mistaken. It was there before 1945.

Philippe Vandenbroeck

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Systems thinking is old hatDon’t be mistaken. It was there before 1945.Philippe Vandenbroeck·Following6 min read·Aug 14, 2022

Systems thinking is old hat. Don’t be mistaken. It was there before… | by Philippe Vandenbroeck | Medium

CyberSystemic landscape

History
Following list illustrates the origin and updates from the map.Originated in 1996 by Dr. Eric Schwarz, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Extended in 1998, including items from the “The Story of Philosophy” by Will Durant (1933). Elaborated in 2000-2001 from many sources for the International Institute for General Systems Studies.
Extended in 2016 by Benjamin Hadorn, Fribourg, Switzerland.

shared from https://uranos.ch/images/2019/09/23/systemic_evolution.jpg

CyberSystemic landscape | World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics

h/t Roger James on LinkedIn (in a discussion about groupings and inclusion and exclusion in systems thinking | complexity | cybernetics prompted by Joss Colchester sharing the groupings diagram from the first Ramage and Shipp book, given to him by Sally Bean at the Systems Innovation conference https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7242481230212927489?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7242481230212927489%2C7242656367612755969%29&dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287242656367612755969%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7242481230212927489%29

By Bob Williams

ALL METHODS ARE WRONG. SOME METHODS ARE USEFUL.BYBOB WILLIAMS

The Systems Thinker – All Methods Are Wrong. Some Methods Are Useful. – The Systems Thinker

Via Örsan Şenalp in The Ecology of Systems Thinking on Facebook

“This article is a translation of a 1966 text by Evald Ilyenkov, Anatoliy Arsen′ev and Vasily Davydov on the science of cybernetics and the belief of many cyberneticians that they can create a “thinking machine” by modelling the human brain. The authors argue against such belief while not denying the benefits of cybernetics. The article examines concepts such as “thinking,” “the machine,” and “the human” from the perspective of Marxist philosophy. The authors criticize the ideological influence of cybernetics on Soviet thought about social organisaiton.”

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ecologyofsystemsthinking/posts/8276792502399821/

https://marxismandsciences.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Maksymets_ms_240803209.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawFZYcNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHTGMwG0X9b7kqkr-SpaQaWWconOU6XbuSJEWYMj-k_eMA16CAMDNDla1qw_aem_e_MpxlDX2cKW3TQlosIUDA

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by Jan De Visch (Author), Miguel Pantaleón (Author), Namrata Arora (Author), Tony Korycki (Author)

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”opening the box” invites you to delve into the realms of systems thinking, by exploring four layers of ‘systems’: parts and wholes, nascent development, coherence, and metamorphosis.
This book is for those who may not believe that they use systems thinking, but already consider relationships and connections in situations, those who wish to learn who are seeking a place to start, or those already practicing systems thinking looking for a different ‘take’ on the discipline. Our story uncovers the power of critical and systemic thinking, as Pandora and her grandmother challenge surface-level solutions, and advocate for deeper exploration.
You can learn through their dialogue how we can challenge assumptions, embrace interconnectedness, and harness the power of action, to create positive change.

opening the box: systems thinking for transformative conversations Paperback – 16 Sept. 2024by Jan De Visch (Author), Miguel Pantaleón (Author), Namrata Arora (Author), Tony Korycki (Author)3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratingsSee all formats and editions”opening the box” invites you to delve into the realms of systems thinking, by exploring four layers of ‘systems’: parts and wholes, nascent development, coherence, and metamorphosis.This book is for those who may not believe that they use systems thinking, but already consider relationships and connections in situations, those who wish to learn who are seeking a place to start, or those already practicing systems thinking looking for a different ‘take’ on the discipline. Our story uncovers the power of critical and systemic thinking, as Pandora and her grandmother challenge surface-level solutions, and advocate for deeper exploration.You can learn through their dialogue how we can challenge assumptions, embrace interconnectedness, and harness the power of action, to create positive change.

opening the box: systems thinking for transformative conversations: Amazon.co.uk: De Visch, Jan, Pantaleón, Miguel, Arora, Namrata, Korycki, Tony: 9798335706605: Books

“LEADING THROUGH COMPLEXITY”

September 24 | Pre-conference Workshops

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September 25 | All-Day Conference

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“LEADING THROUGH COMPLEXITY”

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Agenda At-a-Glance | BusinessAgility Conf

https://www.businessagilityconference.com/conference-agenda

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“There will be no community without first communing” – Nora Bateson

By Preston Warm Data Lab

UCLan Foster BuildingKendal Street #58 Preston PR1 2HEShow map

We will hold 2 events on the 8th of October; Lab 1 from 12:00 to 16:00 and Lab 2 from 17:30 to 20:30.

Please come along to one or both!

Link:

Practising Possibility in Preston with Warm Data Tickets, Preston | Eventbrite

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/practising-possibility-in-preston-with-warm-data-tickets-929149580407?internal_ref=social