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Toward a Systemic Ontology

Toward a Systemic Ontology

Lucia Ulivi
Copyright: © 2019 |Volume: 6 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 10
ISSN: 2327-3984|EISSN: 2327-3992|EISBN13: 9781522568483|DOI: 10.4018/IJSS.2019010102
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Ulivi, Lucia. "Toward a Systemic Ontology." IJSS vol.6, no.1 2019: pp.17-26. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSS.2019010102

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Ulivi, L. (2019). Toward a Systemic Ontology. International Journal of Systems and Society (IJSS), 6(1), 17-26. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSS.2019010102

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Ulivi, Lucia. "Toward a Systemic Ontology," International Journal of Systems and Society (IJSS) 6, no.1: 17-26. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSS.2019010102

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Abstract

The aim of this article is to discuss whether it is possible to derive a coherent ontological proposal from the premises of systemic thinking. The author claims that systemic thinking is committed to pluralism both in epistemology and in ontology, because pluralism is a natural consequence of the systemic distinction of objects in different and irreducible levels of observation. Different levels of observation must be adopted when describing different systemic levels (the well-known sub-systems, systems, systems of systems). It is implied that different epistemologies are accepted, each having its own criteria and validation methods suitable for each level, and that there are irreducible ontological differences among entities. The study results are thus committed to ontological and epistemological pluralism. An interesting moral and social consequence of pluralism is a tolerant attitude towards different perspectives and cultures, that can easily be transformed into a general charity principle inspiring the regulation of multicultural societies.

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