APPEARANCES
Charles François (2004). APPEARANCES, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 137.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 137 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
G. BATESON observes: “Always the process of representation will filter out the Ding an sich — i.e the object in itself, so that the mental world is only maps of maps of maps, ad infinitum. All 'phenomena' are literally 'appearances'” (1967, p.429)
The same view was developed as early as 1933 by A. KORZYBSKI in “Science and Sanity”
See also
Structual differential