The communication of meaning in social systems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7539899 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Leydesdorff (0000-0002-7835-3098, Twitter (United States), corresponding author), Sander Franse (University of Amsterdam) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 109-117 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Systems Research and Behavioral Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1092-7026 • E-ISSN: 1099-1743 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/sres.921 |
| OpenAlex | W2964251009 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 32 |
The sociological domain is different from the psychological one insofar as meaning can be communicated at the supra‐individual level. The computation of anticipatory systems enables us to distinguish between these domains in terms of weakly and strongly anticipatory systems with a structural coupling between them. Anticipatory systems have been defined as systems which entertain models of themselves. The model provides meaning to the modelled system from the perspective of hindsight, that is, by advancing along the time axis towards possible future states. Strongly anticipatory systems construct their own future states. The dynamics of weak and strong anticipations can be simulated as incursion and hyper‐incursion, respectively. Hyper‐incursion generates ‘horizons of meaning’ among which choices have to be made by incursive agency. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Agency (philosophy · Construct (python library · Domain (mathematical analysis · Epistemology · Hindsight bias · Meaning (existential · Perspective (graphical · Social system · Sociology · Complex Network Analysis Techniques · Computer Science · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Mathematics · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
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| Citations per year | 0.27 |
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2023 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |