INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS TO FRANCISCO VARELA' S CALCULUS FOR SELF-REFERENCE
- 31 December 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of General Systems
- Vol. 2 (1) , 1-3
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03081077508960827
Abstract
Paradox is central to all logical inquiry; it affects the general validity of logical formalism per se, and must be dealt with at the outset in any logical theory. A common characteristic of paradoxes is self-reference or reflexiveness. In the present scientific revolution, a shift is occurring from causal unidirectional to mutualistic systemic thinking, from a preoccupation with the properties of the observed to the study of the properties of the observer. The precursors of Varela''s Calculus for Self-Reference are discussed. Varela opens the possibility of a Calculus of Responsibility.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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