TY  - JOUR
AB  - Man has the propensity to seek, design, impose and maintain unities. These unities are at the interstice where man and his environment intersect. These unities are information. Hence, information (I) is defined as the goal‐directed (V−1) communicational intersect between a person (P) and his environment (E). That is: I = fV−1(P ∩ E). There are four generic information systems: (1) Symbolic Records; (2) Languages; (3) Disciplines; (4) Societal Knowledges. In the context of generic information systems, both general systems theory and cybernetic function as meta‐science (V−1). In effect these can produce equifinally identical science, thus inferring that general systems theory and cybernetics are unitary.
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
SN  - 0368-492X
DO  - 10.1108/eb005501
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005501
AU  - STEVE COUNELIS JAMES
PY  - 1979
Y1  - 1979/01/01
TI  - CYBERNETICS AND GENERAL SYSTEMS—A UNITARY SCIENCE? (INFORMATION AND THE UNITY OF GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY AND CYBERNETICS)
T2  - Kybernetes
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 25
EP  - 32
Y2  - 2024/09/22
ER  -