Systemism: the alternative to individualism and holism Export

@article{citeulike:1180276, abstract = {Three radical worldviews and research approaches are salient in social studies: individualism, holism, and systemism. Individualism focuses on the composition of social systems, whereas holism focuses on their structure. Neither of them is adequate, one because all individuals are interrelated and two because there are no relations without relata. The only cogent and viable alternative is systemism, according to which everything is either a system or a component of a system, and every system has peculiar (emergent) properties that its components lack. The simplest model of a system, whether concrete or , is the ordered triple composition-environment-structure. Concrete systems, whether physical, biological, or social, are also characterized by their mechanism or modus operandi. This model is more realistic and therefore more useful. A few examples are examined.}, author = {Bunge, Mario}, citeulike-article-id = {1180276}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1053-5357(00)00058-5}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6W5H-40PRGTY-2/2/8e19484ecd24208acd2f28ca86719be6}, doi = {10.1016/S1053-5357(00)00058-5}, journal = {Journal of Socio-Economics}, keywords = {complex-systems, complexity, economics}, number = {2}, pages = {147--157}, posted-at = {2007-08-15 05:52:08}, priority = {3}, title = {Systemism: the alternative to individualism and holism}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1053-5357(00)00058-5}, volume = {29}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1180276 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1180276 N2 - Three radical worldviews and research approaches are salient in social studies: individualism, holism, and systemism. Individualism focuses on the composition of social systems, whereas holism focuses on their structure. Neither of them is adequate, one because all individuals are interrelated and two because there are no relations without relata. The only cogent and viable alternative is systemism, according to which everything is either a system or a component of a system, and every system has peculiar (emergent) properties that its components lack. The simplest model of a system, whether concrete or , is the ordered triple composition-environment-structure. Concrete systems, whether physical, biological, or social, are also characterized by their mechanism or modus operandi. This model is more realistic and therefore more useful. A few examples are examined. IS - 2 JF - Journal of Socio-Economics EP - 157 TI - Systemism: the alternative to individualism and holism VL - 29 SP - 147 KW - complex-systems KW - complexity KW - economics AU - Bunge, Mario PY - 2000/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1053-5357(00)00058-5 ER -