Robert Rosen and Relational System Theory: An Overview

2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-51115-8
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 148 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 442 g

Reihe: Anticipation Science

This book focuses on Robert Rosen’s contributions to relational system theory, which is the science of organization and function. This science was originally developed by Nicolas Rashevsky, and further developed by Rashevsky’s student Robert Rosen, and continues to be developed by Rosen’s student A. H. Louie amongst others. Due to its revolutionary character, it is often misunderstood, and to some, controversial. The formal and conceptual setting for Rosen’s relational system theory is category theory. Rosen was the first to apply category theory to scientific problems, outside of pure mathematics, and the first to think about science from the point of view of category theory. To better understand the work of Rosen, this book provides an overview of his theory of modeling, complexity, anticipation, and organism. It presents the foundations of this science and the philosophical motivations behind it along with conceptual clarification and historical context in order to present Rosen’s ideas to a wider audience.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lennox, James Bryan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Mathematische Logik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Category Theory.- 3. The Modeling Relation in Science.- 4. Relational Models.- 5. Simple Systems and Complex Systems.- 6. Anticipatory Systems.- 7. (M, R) – Systems.- 8. The Realization Problem.- Appendix: J. S. Hofmeyr’s (F, A) – Systems.- Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

James Bryan Lennox lives in Brooklyn New York. He teaches philosophy at Baruch College, The City University of New York. His interests are in the relationship between philosophy, mathematics, and science, the philosophical implications of category theory, and relational system theory. This book will be a revised version of his dissertation.