A Contextualised General Systems Theory

Kitto, K

A Contextualised General Systems Theory

Kitto, K

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Publisher:: MDPI AG
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Systems, 2014, 2 (4), pp. 541 - 565
Issue Date:: 2014-12

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dc.contributor.author	Kitto, K https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7642-7121	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-12	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Systems, 2014, 2 (4), pp. 541 - 565	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2079-8954	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/116279
dc.description.abstract	A system is something that can be separated from its surrounds, but this definition leaves much scope for refinement. Starting with the notion of measurement, we explore increasingly contextual system behaviour and identify three major forms of contextuality that might be exhibited by a system: (1) between components; (2) between system and experimental method; and (3) between a system and its environment. Quantum theory is shown to provide a highly useful formalism from which all three forms of contextuality can be analysed, offering numerous tests for contextual behaviour, as well as modelling possibilities for systems that do indeed display it. I conclude with the introduction of a contextualised general systems theory based on an extension of this formalism.	en_US
dc.publisher	MDPI AG	en_US
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dc.title	A Contextualised General Systems Theory	en_US
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Abstract:

A system is something that can be separated from its surrounds, but this definition leaves much scope for refinement. Starting with the notion of measurement, we explore increasingly contextual system behaviour and identify three major forms of contextuality that might be exhibited by a system: (1) between components; (2) between system and experimental method; and (3) between a system and its environment. Quantum theory is shown to provide a highly useful formalism from which all three forms of contextuality can be analysed, offering numerous tests for contextual behaviour, as well as modelling possibilities for systems that do indeed display it. I conclude with the introduction of a contextualised general systems theory based on an extension of this formalism.

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