System Ontology and Descriptionism - Bertalanffy's View and New Developments

After a first historical sketch about the rise of system ontology, some problems with naturalizing the system concept are worked out: –In different ontological positions the danger of essentialism is actual. This holds also for a certain interpretation of evolution that is suspected to be an essenti...

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Main Author: Klaus Kornwachs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group 2008-07-01
Series:tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
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Online Access:https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/15