SYSTEMS FIELDS TAXONOMY

Charles François (2004). SYSTEMS FIELDS TAXONOMY. International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 3463.

Collection	International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
Year	2004
Vol. (num.)	2(2)
ID	◀ 3463 ▶
Object type	General information

The following taxonomy has been established by R. RODRIGUEZ DELGADO (1992, p.1156), founder and leader of the systems movement in Spain. Some slight modifications and additions have been introduced (marked ⁺).

general approaches

Theory of knowledge

Cognitive approaches

Systems philosophy

Systems ontology

Systems epistemology: (holism vs. reductionism)⁺

Systems ethics⁺

general semantics⁺

Axiology

Aesthetics

General Systems Theory

transdisciplinary approach

Generalization of main scientific principles

In monodisciplinary sciences⁺

In interdisciplinary sciences+

THEORIES OF GENERAL SYSTEMICS USE² : (all added)

communication and information theories

cybernetics (1st, 2nd and of 2nd order)

taxonomy of living systems

thermodynamics of near and far-from-equilibrium systems

Theory of catastrophes

Theory of deterministic chaos

Theory of fractals

Theory of games

Theory of networks and automata

Theories of autopoiesis and autonomy

Theories of artificial intelligence and life

Theory of hierarchical levels

topology+

systems methodologies

General methods (metaphors, analogies, linkages, isomorphisms⁺)

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Formal and special languages⁺

operational research

reconstructability analysis⁺

systems analysis

systems dynamics

Specific models based on above theories⁺

applied systems areas⁺

Biological systems⁺

ecosystems⁺

Economic systems⁺

familiar therapy⁺

man-machine systems⁺

Political science⁺

Praxiology

socio-technical systems⁺

sociosystems (including animal ones)⁺

Systems education

Electronics

Graphics

Informatics (i.e. computer science), etc…