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Living Systems and its philosophy considered at the level of the earth
Author(s) -
Frandberg Tage
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
systems research and behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 1092-7026
DOI - 10.1002/sres.713
Subject(s) - miller , epistemology , living systems , earth system science , point (geometry) , earth (classical element) , ninth , philosophy , sociology , environmental ethics , computer science , mathematics , ecology , artificial intelligence , physics , geometry , acoustics , mathematical physics , biology
This article begins with a brief résumé of how the book Living Systems came into being, following which we are reminded that Alfred N. Whitehead's philosophy is an important part of the thinking upon which the book is built. Certain other philosophers are also mentioned. There is then a discussion of systems science, after which I deal with three different points of view regarding how to see the earth as a system: one which emanates from James and Jessie Miller's article ‘The earth as a system’; one which can be called a scientific point of view; and one which is based on the standpoint that the earth should be seen as a ninth level of life according to Miller's living systems analytical framework. This latter standpoint is then taken as a starting point for simulating a model of the earth system. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.