Russell L Ackoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 3610382 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Russell L Ackoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Russell L |
| FAMILY NAME | Ackoff |
| SIGNATURE | ACKOFF R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | California University of Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1946 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Strategy
Revitalizing Western Economies: A New Agenda for Business and Government
Stress, Alcoholism, and Personality
On Purposeful Systems: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Individual and Social Behavior as a System of Purposeful Events
This book provides an innovative foundation for looking at human and social behavior u as a system of purposeful (teleological) events. It uses a systems theoretical approach for the study of these phenomena, and illustrates and extends general systems theory. Part One develops the concepts of traditional mechanism from which, successively, the concepts of function, choice, goal-seeking, and purposefulness are derived, leading to a quantitative f…
A Black Ghetto's Research on a University
This paper is based on an address to the Philadelphia Section of the Society given on June 5, 1970.
Explanatory models of interactive choice behavior
Most so-called and in the behavioral sciences tend to be formulated in qualitative terms which are often ill-defined. Hence, consequences can seldom be rigorously deduced from them, and those consequences that are extracted can seldom be conclusively tested. This has made it possible for conflicting explanations of the same type of behavior to live side by side for many years; for example, Gestalt and Associationalist theories of perception; Freu…
Scientific Method: Optimizing Applied Research Decisions
Scientific Method: Optimizing Applied Research Decisions
Introduction to Operations Research
The Design of Social Research
The Design of Social Research
The Design of Social Research
Practical Logic
Methods of Inquiry: An Introduction to Philosophy and Scientific Method
Purposive Behavior and Cybernetics
Journal Article Purposive Behavior and Cybernetics Get access C. W. Churchman, C. W. Churchman Wayne University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar R. L. Ackoff R. L. Ackoff Wayne University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 29, Issue 1, October 1950, Pages 32–39, https://doi.org/10.2307/2572754 Published: 01 October 1950
An Educational Program for the Philosophy of Science
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On a Science of Ethics
Ethics and Science
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An Experimental Measure of Personality
The boundaries of psychology have never been very distinctly defined and, as a consequence, science has witnessed frequent border incidents. But it obviously is not psychology alone which suffers from such lack of delineation, but its neighbors, the biological and social sciences, do as well. Cooperation between sciences becomes difficult under these conditions. All agree that psychology is the science of mind, but few agree to what “mind” is. At…
Mr. Rieser on Architecture
Measurement of Consumer Interest
Journal Article Measurement of Consumer Interest Get access Measurement of Consumer Interest. Edited by C. WEST CHURCHMAN, RUSSELL L. ACKOEF, MURRAY WAX. (Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press (Oxford University Press), 1947. Pp. 214. $3.50.) M. A. Abrams M. A. Abrams London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 57, Issue 228, 1 December 1947, Pages 515–517, https://doi.org…
Towards an Interpretation of Contemporary Philosophy
There is no period in the history of philosophy so difficult to understand as that period beginning upon Kant's death and extending up into the present. Attributing this difficulty to the proximity and contingence of the period to our own is not a satisfactory excuse, though we would be willing to admit we lack some of the clarity that “time passed” gives. If we give up the challenge of making a meaningful interpretation of this history because w…
Varieties of Unification
“Unification of Science” is probably the most popular slogan in contemporary philosophy. This phrase has not only become the cry of a specific group of philosophers, but it is now accepted as one of the aims of philosophy by most of the contemporary philosophic schools, with but few exceptions. Each particular school believes that it has found the way of effecting such a unification, implicitly assuming that it knows the conditions for a unified …
An Experimental Measure of Personality
The boundaries of psychology have never been very distinctly defined and, as a consequence, science has witnessed frequent border incidents. But it obviously is not psychology alone which suffers from such lack of delineation, but its neighbors, the biological and social sciences, do as well. Cooperation between sciences becomes difficult under these conditions. All agree that psychology is the science of mind, but few agree to what “mind” is. At…
On a Science of Ethics
Varieties of Unification
“Unification of Science” is probably the most popular slogan in contemporary philosophy. This phrase has not only become the cry of a specific group of philosophers, but it is now accepted as one of the aims of philosophy by most of the contemporary philosophic schools, with but few exceptions. Each particular school believes that it has found the way of effecting such a unification, implicitly assuming that it knows the conditions for a unified …
Explanatory models of interactive choice behavior
Most so-called and in the behavioral sciences tend to be formulated in qualitative terms which are often ill-defined. Hence, consequences can seldom be rigorously deduced from them, and those consequences that are extracted can seldom be conclusively tested. This has made it possible for conflicting explanations of the same type of behavior to live side by side for many years; for example, Gestalt and Associationalist theories of perception; Freu…
The Design of Social Research
Stress, Alcoholism, and Personality
An Educational Program for the Philosophy of Science
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Measurement of Consumer Interest
Journal Article Measurement of Consumer Interest Get access Measurement of Consumer Interest. Edited by C. WEST CHURCHMAN, RUSSELL L. ACKOEF, MURRAY WAX. (Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press (Oxford University Press), 1947. Pp. 214. $3.50.) M. A. Abrams M. A. Abrams London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 57, Issue 228, 1 December 1947, Pages 515–517, https://doi.org…
Towards an Interpretation of Contemporary Philosophy
There is no period in the history of philosophy so difficult to understand as that period beginning upon Kant's death and extending up into the present. Attributing this difficulty to the proximity and contingence of the period to our own is not a satisfactory excuse, though we would be willing to admit we lack some of the clarity that “time passed” gives. If we give up the challenge of making a meaningful interpretation of this history because w…
Varieties of Unification
“Unification of Science” is probably the most popular slogan in contemporary philosophy. This phrase has not only become the cry of a specific group of philosophers, but it is now accepted as one of the aims of philosophy by most of the contemporary philosophic schools, with but few exceptions. Each particular school believes that it has found the way of effecting such a unification, implicitly assuming that it knows the conditions for a unified …
Ethics and Science
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
An Experimental Measure of Personality
The boundaries of psychology have never been very distinctly defined and, as a consequence, science has witnessed frequent border incidents. But it obviously is not psychology alone which suffers from such lack of delineation, but its neighbors, the biological and social sciences, do as well. Cooperation between sciences becomes difficult under these conditions. All agree that psychology is the science of mind, but few agree to what “mind” is. At…
Mr. Rieser on Architecture
Measurement of Consumer Interest
Journal Article Measurement of Consumer Interest Get access Measurement of Consumer Interest. Edited by C. WEST CHURCHMAN, RUSSELL L. ACKOEF, MURRAY WAX. (Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press (Oxford University Press), 1947. Pp. 214. $3.50.) M. A. Abrams M. A. Abrams London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 57, Issue 228, 1 December 1947, Pages 515–517, https://doi.org…
An Educational Program for the Philosophy of Science
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
On a Science of Ethics
Purposive Behavior and Cybernetics
Journal Article Purposive Behavior and Cybernetics Get access C. W. Churchman, C. W. Churchman Wayne University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar R. L. Ackoff R. L. Ackoff Wayne University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 29, Issue 1, October 1950, Pages 32–39, https://doi.org/10.2307/2572754 Published: 01 October 1950
Methods of Inquiry: An Introduction to Philosophy and Scientific Method
Practical Logic
The Design of Social Research
The Design of Social Research
The Design of Social Research
Introduction to Operations Research
Scientific Method: Optimizing Applied Research Decisions
Scientific Method: Optimizing Applied Research Decisions
A Black Ghetto's Research on a University
This paper is based on an address to the Philadelphia Section of the Society given on June 5, 1970.
Explanatory models of interactive choice behavior
Most so-called and in the behavioral sciences tend to be formulated in qualitative terms which are often ill-defined. Hence, consequences can seldom be rigorously deduced from them, and those consequences that are extracted can seldom be conclusively tested. This has made it possible for conflicting explanations of the same type of behavior to live side by side for many years; for example, Gestalt and Associationalist theories of perception; Freu…
On Purposeful Systems: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Individual and Social Behavior as a System of Purposeful Events
This book provides an innovative foundation for looking at human and social behavior u as a system of purposeful (teleological) events. It uses a systems theoretical approach for the study of these phenomena, and illustrates and extends general systems theory. Part One develops the concepts of traditional mechanism from which, successively, the concepts of function, choice, goal-seeking, and purposefulness are derived, leading to a quantitative f…
Stress, Alcoholism, and Personality
Revitalizing Western Economies: A New Agenda for Business and Government
Strategy
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