EICONICS
Charles François (2004). EICONICS, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1037.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1037 ▶ |
| Object type | General information |
A general science of the images.
Eiconics was proposed by K. BOULDING (1956) as a result of his inquiry into the nature of images. He wrote: “… in the concept of a message-image relationship there is a conceptual and theoretical scheme of remarkable unifying power. It is one important thread that seems to run through a number of different disciplines and sciences” (1961, p.148).
BOULDING's proposal did not catch on until now. However, a new language of ideographic signs worldly understandable is now progressively emerging and one also wonders if the main concepts of systemics and cybernetics could not be translated to an “eiconic” language, which would be highly understandable at all educational and cultural levels.