The system thinking: a problem epistemology

Article type: Short Communication

Authors: Motulsky, Bernard

Affiliations: Department of Information and Communication, Laval University, Quebec City, GIK 7P4 Canada

Abstract: This paper proposes an alternative to the epistemological problem of the nature of system. Instead of seeing a system model as representing a real system object, which is often hard to identify, it is conceivable that the model represents the problem posed by the one who has to solve it by modelling. Pointing out and including in the scientific knowledge the role of the observator as proposed below is as important to the communication of models as the identification of a source to the communication of messages.

Keywords: System epistemology, problem, model

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-1981-2209

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 121-123, 1981