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R. Zimmermann:
"New Ethics Proved In Geometrical Order: Spinozist Reflexions On Evolutionary Systems";
in Buchreihe "Exploring Unity through Diversity", Buchreihen-Herausgeber: W. Hofkirchner; herausgegeben von: Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science; emergent publications, Litchfield Park, 2010, ISBN: 9780984216512, 142 S.

"Bertalanffy meets Spinoza", says Zimmermann. He makes them meet in the perspective of evolutionary systems. In reaching out for the whole, both Spinoza and Bertalanffy were aware of the tension between the formal and the informal, between strict logical-mathematical formalisation and hermeneutic considerations that are not as strict. Zimmermann shows how those two approaches can complement each other and how much Spinoza can be regarded as a forerunner of modern systems thinking as well. By presenting new conceptualizations like that of the relation between systems, networks and space, he reconstructs Spinoza´s ethics as the quest for adequate behavior given the knowledge at hand.

"Bertalanffy meets Spinoza", says Zimmermann. He makes them meet in the perspective of evolutionary systems. In reaching out for the whole, both Spinoza and Bertalanffy were aware of the tension between the formal and the informal, between strict logical-mathematical formalisation and hermeneutic considerations that are not as strict. Zimmermann shows how those two approaches can complement each other and how much Spinoza can be regarded as a forerunner of modern systems thinking as well. By presenting new conceptualizations like that of the relation between systems, networks and space, he reconstructs Spinoza´s ethics as the quest for adequate behavior given the knowledge at hand.

spinoza, system theory, onto-epistemology, ethics, design

http://www.emergentpublications.com/documents/9780984216512_contents.pdf