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Cybernetics ...
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"the science and art of understanding"...
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- Humberto Maturana
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"interfaces hard competence with the hard problems of the soft sciences"
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- Heinz von Foerster
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AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CYBERNETICS |
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CYBERNETICS' LEXICON
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Cybernetics is an interdisciplinary field with many branches and intersections with other areas. Furthermore, it's a field known for its new and innovative concepts. It is therefore not be surprising that cybernetics has spawned a large repertoire of novel terminology.
This webpage provides a central nexus for accessing an array of lexicons, dictionaries, and other resources covering the terminology of cybernetics, systems theory, and closely related topics.
To review an extensive set of definitions for the term cybernetics itself, please consult our Defining 'Cybernetics' page.
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| LEXICAL RESOURCES ON CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS THEORY |
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Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems
(Principia Cybernetica Web)
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The Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems is the single most voluminous Web 'dictionary' on the subjects of cybernetics and systems theory. It includes a variety of materials, including Klaus Krippendorff's Dictionary of Cybernetics and the ASC Glossary.
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ASC Glossary
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The original ASC Glossary has been reformatted and made available here at our site:
http://www.asc-cybernetics.org/foundations/ASCGlossary.htm
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Thesaurus Pilot Project (Cybernetics & Human Knowing)
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Though called a 'thesaurus', this resource is actually more of a lexicon or dictionary drawing on a variety of publications and online materials.
http://www.imprint.co.uk/thesaurus/
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Complex Systems Glossary (CALRESCO)
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The large and continually-evolving CALRESCO site includes an extensive glossary. Within this glossary each entry is an hypertext link to an introduction describing the associated concept in a wider context.
http://www.calresco.org/glossary.htm
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Whole Systems Glossary (Whole Systems website)
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This glossary is provided as a reference resource by the Whole Systems web nexus.
http://www.worldtrans.org/whole/wholedefs.html
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Glossary of Polycontexturality Glossar der Polykontexturalitätstheorie
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This is a glossary of terms relating to polycontextural logic (PCL) - the work of Gotthard Gunther.
http://www.vordenker.de/ggphilosophy/glossary/framed.htm
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Encyclopaedia Autopoietica
(The Observer Web)
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The Encyclopaedia Autopoietica is the single largest lexical resource on the subjects of biology of cognition, autopoietic theory, and enactive cognitive science (i.e., the work of Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela). It can be accessed at:
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