From Collective Beings to Quasi-Systems

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This book outlines a possible future theoretical perspective for systemics, its conceptual morphology and landscape while the Good-Old-Fashioned-Systemics (GOFS) era is still under way. The change from GOFS to future systemics can be represented, as shown in the book title, by the conceptual change from Collective Beings to Quasi-systems. With the current advancements, problems and approaches occurring in contemporary science, systemics are moving beyond the traditional frameworks used in the past. From Collective Beings to Coherent Quasi-Systems outlines a conceptual morphology and landscape for a new theoretical perspective for systemics introducing the concept of Quasi-systems. Advances in domains such as theoretical physics, philosophy of science, cell biology, neuroscience, experimental economics, network science and many others offer new concepts and technical tools to support the creation of a fully transdisciplinary General Theory of Change. This circumstance requires a deep reformulation of systemics, without forgetting the achievements of established conventions. The book is divided into two parts. Part I, examines classic systemic issues from new theoretical perspectives and approaches. A new general unified framework is introduced to help deal with topics such as dynamic structural coherence and Quasi-systems. This new theoretical framework is compared and contrasted with the traditional approaches. Part II focuses on the process of translation into social culture of the theoretical principles, models and approaches introduced in Part I. This translation is urgent in post-industrial societies where emergent processes and problems are still dealt with by using the classical or non-systemic knowledge of the industrial phase.
Introduces a general unified framework for dealing with topics such as dynamical structural coherence, emergence, disorder, hierarchical systems, system-environment relationshipsPresents new approaches including meta-structures to model dynamical coherence in processes of emergenceExamines the question of equivalence/non-equivalence for system models
Introduces a general unified framework for dealing with topics such as dynamical structural coherence, emergence, disorder, hierarchical systems, system-environment relationships Presents new approaches including meta-structures to model dynamical coherence in processes of emergence Examines the question of equivalence/non-equivalence for system models

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Gianfranco Minati

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“I have read this book with great interest. It motivates speculation on possible contributions that some of its concepts can make to the design of a formal approach to the dynamics of living systems. … the book should inspire others to further revisit and develop this specific research approach.” (Nicola Bellomo, SIAM Review, Vol. 61 (4), December, 2019)
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