Exploring the Human Cognitive Capacity in Understanding Systems: A Grey Systems Theory Perspective
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- 发表刊物:Foundations of Science
- 关键字:Systems thinking, Grey systems theory, Human understanding capacity, Boulding’s systems hierarch
- 摘要:The main purpose of this study is to probe into the human capacity of understanding systems and defects in human knowledge of the world. The study addresses the greyness levels and systems levels and explains why the world cannot be perceived as a purely white or black structure. It also clarifies why human knowledge of systems always remains grey. The investigation relies on logical and deductive reasoning and uses the theoretical foundations of systems thinking and Boulding’s systems hierarchy. The most important argument that this study advances is that human knowledge, in any form or under any circumstances, is grey and incomplete and will remain grey. Because the notion of “perfect knowledge” is ambiguous given human epistemic limits, any proportion of knowledge is incomplete and prone to change. Less complexity could lead to more accurate predications, but even in the simplest forms of systems, reaching perfect knowledge seems to be an unwarranted claim. Furthermore, because our
- 论文类型:期刊论文
- 是否译文:否
- 发表时间:2019-07-11
- 收录刊物:SSCI、SCIE
- 发表时间:2019-07-11