Published In
Applied Cybernetics and Systems
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
1981
Subjects
Metaphysics
Abstract
A lugubrious, though highly abstract, proposition about sociocultural systems is suggested by a union of dialectical and thermodynamic concepts: systems are invariably flawed, not only because of poor --or absence of -design, or ill will, but because the "closedness" of a system necessarily wars on its "openness," and because the actualization of the organizing principle upon which a system is based brings with it the development of its "shadow," its negation. Reconciliation of these contradictions is not assured.
Rights
This is author's manuscript version of an article published in Applied Cybernetics and Systems, edited by G. E. Lasker, Vol. II, pp. 619-626, 1981.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/42746
Citation Details
Zwick, M. Dialectical Thermodynamics [Post-print]. Published in Applied Cybernetics and Systems, edited by G. E. Lasker, Vol. II, pp. 619-626, 1981.