Blindness and Seeing in Systems Epistemology: Alfred Locker’s Trans-Classical Systems Theory
Appreciating the undeniable value of General Systems Theory (GST), Alfred Locker considers the question whether or not GST is able to go beyond a mere scientific point of view. Locker’s own systems theoretical approach, Trans-Classical Systems Theory, proposes not only to include usual observations...
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Archīum Ateneo
2016
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| Online Access: | https://archium.ateneo.edu/theology-faculty-pubs/61 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10699-016-9502-y |
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| Institution: | Ateneo De Manila University |
| Summary: | Appreciating the undeniable value of General Systems Theory (GST), Alfred Locker considers the question whether or not GST is able to go beyond a mere scientific point of view. Locker’s own systems theoretical approach, Trans-Classical Systems Theory, proposes not only to include usual observations into a systems view, but likewise their theoretical presuppositions. Locker hereby creates two levels of observation; an ortho- and a meta-level, where otherwise incommensurable viewpoints are united into whole. In this way, Locker is able to articulate a holistic systems theory of seeming opposites, like, for example, creation and evolution. |
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