عنوان

Unity and pluralism

شماره

TLets316755

عنوان اصلي

Unity and pluralism

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Midgley, Gerald RobertMidgley, Gerald Robert

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

City, University of London

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

1992

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Thesis (Ph.D.)

امتياز متن

1992

متن يادداشت

The central theme of this thesis is methodological pluralism in systems science: that is, how it might be possible to draw upon different systems methods that are traditionally thought to be based in incommensurable paradigms. The thesis is split into three sections. Section One begins by reviewing ideas about pluralism as they have been expressed in the literature on Critical Systems Thinking. This section also sets out the basic 'problem' pluralists have to deal with - that the approaches drawn upon are usually thought of as philosophically contradictory. An initial (partial) resolution of the problem is presented. Section Two takes a step back in order to examine why the focus upon pluralism is important. Here the social and ecological contexts of the debate are explored. It is discovered that many of the issues we are currently dealing with in systems science, especially complex global issues, can only be dealt with adequately through a pluralist research practice. Section Three looks at the implications of these social and ecological arguments for a pluralist systems science, and reexamines some of the philosophical ideas lying behind Critical Systems Thinking. Through this reexamination a different understanding of ontology begins to emerge. Having developed a set of interlinked arguments ranging from the ontological to the practical, the thesis concludes with an assertion that pluralism is actually necessary for the continued legitimation of systems science.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

City University London

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

City, University of London

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y