CONSTRAINTS (Cognitive)
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 647 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Human sciences |
R. ESPEJO focused the attention on the fact that: “…all viewpoints will recognize only a limited number or the possible outcomes of a black box. But different viewpoints will recognize different numbers. Therefore, in measuring complexity it is always necessary to choose the appropriate viewpoints” (1988, p.141).
(Note: In concordance with St. BEER, ESPEJO uses the black box model as “… a shorthand for the real world” (Ibid.).
Viewpoints are diversely affected by perceptive, cultural, social, and the resulting conceptual limitations.
Being thus constrained, the cognition of complexity in systems and in situations can never been complete. As to “appropriate” viewpoints, we are always in dire need for individual and common criteria if we seek consensus.
See also
blindspot, invisibility and underconceptualization.