PARADOX
Charles François (2004). PARADOX, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2467.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2467 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
A self-contradictory statement or argument.
The sorting out of paradoxes — which reflect a logical and semantic pathology — has been one of the roots of von FOERSTER, MATURANA and VARELA's cybernetics of 2nd order. It had formerly led to RUSSELL and WHITEHEAD's critique of the fundaments of logic and to BATESON's study of double-bind pathological situations.
Systemic models and concepts owe much to the study of the paradoxes pathology, as there was a basic need for a correct ordering of complexity levels in systems.