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* ''Observing Systems'', intro. Francisco J. Varela, Seaside, CA: Intersystems, 1981, xvi+331 pp; 2nd ed, 1984, xviii+331 pp.
 
* ''Observing Systems'', intro. Francisco J. Varela, Seaside, CA: Intersystems, 1981, xvi+331 pp; 2nd ed, 1984, xviii+331 pp.
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** ''Sistemi che osservano'', eds. Mauro Ceruti and Umberta Telfner, trans. Bernardo Draghi, Rome: Astrolabio, 1987, 243 pp. {{it}}
  
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* ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=5C342ABC99F28915CD0A49761060E1A6 Sicht und Einsicht: Versuche zu einer operativen Erkenntnistheorie]'', Braunschweig: Vieweg+Teubner, 1985, xi+236 pp. [https://www.springer.com/de/book/9783528084684] {{de}}
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* ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=5C342ABC99F28915CD0A49761060E1A6 Sicht und Einsicht: Versuche zu einer operativen Erkenntnistheorie]'', trans. Wolfram K. Köck, Braunschweig: Vieweg+Teubner, 1985, xi+236 pp. [https://www.springer.com/de/book/9783528084684] {{de}}
  
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* ''[[Media:von Foerster Heinz Las semillas de la cibernetica 1991.pdf|Las semillas de la cibernética]]'', ed. & trans. Marcelo Pakman, intro. Carlos Sluzki, Barcelona: Gedisa, 1991. {{es}}
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* ''[[Media:von Foerster Heinz Las semillas de la cibernetica 1991.pdf|Las semillas de la cibernética]]'', ed. & trans. Marcelo Pakman, intro. Carlos Sluzki, Barcelona: Gedisa, 1991, 221 pp. {{es}}
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* ''Sistemica elemental: desde un punto de vista superior'', Medellín: Fondo Editorial Universitario EAFIT, 1998, 81 pp. {{es}}
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* with Heinz von Glasersfeld, ''Wie wir uns erfinden: eine Autobiographie des radikalen Konstruktivismus'', Heidelberg: Carl-Auer-Systeme, 1999. {{de}}
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** ''Come ci si inventa: storie, buone ragioni ed entusiasmi di due responsabili dell'eresia costruttivista'', Rome: Odradek, 2001, xx+195 pp. {{it}}
  
 
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=487 Understanding Understanding: Essays on Cybernetics and Cognition]'', New York: Springer, 2003, 362 pp. Incl. [[Media:von Foerster Heinz 2003 Objects Tokens for Eigen-Behaviors.pdf|"Objects: Tokens for (Eigen-)Behaviors"]], pp 261-271.
 
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=487 Understanding Understanding: Essays on Cybernetics and Cognition]'', New York: Springer, 2003, 362 pp. Incl. [[Media:von Foerster Heinz 2003 Objects Tokens for Eigen-Behaviors.pdf|"Objects: Tokens for (Eigen-)Behaviors"]], pp 261-271.
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==Interviews==
 
==Interviews==
 
* Peter Bexte, [http://web.archive.org/web/20070720212157/http://home.snafu.de/pedasy/hvf-int.htm "Warum sind Computer musikalisch, Herr von Foerster?"], ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', 30 Dec 1988. {{de}}
 
* Peter Bexte, [http://web.archive.org/web/20070720212157/http://home.snafu.de/pedasy/hvf-int.htm "Warum sind Computer musikalisch, Herr von Foerster?"], ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', 30 Dec 1988. {{de}}
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* with Bernhard Pörksen, ''Wahrheit ist die Erfindung eines Lügners: Gespräche für Skeptiker'', Heidelberg: Carl-Auer-System, 1998, 166 pp. {{de}}
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** ''La verità è l'invenzione di un bugiardo: colloqui per scettici'', Rome: Meltemi, 2001, 162 pp. {{it}}
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** ''Understanding Systems: Conversations on Epistemology and Ethics'', trans. Karen Leube, New York: Kluwer, 2002, 161 pp.
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** ''Sandhed - opfundet af en løgner: samtaler for skeptikere'', trans. Christine Sonne Carstensen, Værløse: Billesø & Baltzer, 2003, 136 pp. {{da}}
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** 진리는 거짓말쟁이의 발명품이다: 회의론자들을 위한 대담, 2009, 264 pp. {{ko}}
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** ''Pravda je vynález lhářů: rozhovory skeptiků'', trans. Zdeněk Dan, Prague: Pragma, 2016, 186 pp. {{cz}}
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==
 
* Bernard Scott, [https://www.academia.edu/28790349/ "Heinz von Foerster An Appreciation (Revisited)"] [1979], ''Cybernetics And Human Knowing'' 10:3-4, 2003, pp 137-149.
 
* Bernard Scott, [https://www.academia.edu/28790349/ "Heinz von Foerster An Appreciation (Revisited)"] [1979], ''Cybernetics And Human Knowing'' 10:3-4, 2003, pp 137-149.
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* ''Das Auge des Betrachters: Beiträge zum Konstruktivismus. Festschrift für Heinz von Foerster'', eds. Paul Watzlawick and Peter Krieg, Munich: Piper, 1991, 278 pp; repr., Heidelberg: Carl-Auer-Systeme, 2002, 278 pp. {{de}}
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** ''El ojo del observador contribuciones al constructivismo: homenaje a Heinz von Foerster'', trans. Cristóbal Piechocki, Barcelona: Gedisa, 1994, 261 pp. {{es}}
 
* Ranulph Glanville, "Heinz von Foerster: The Form and the Content", ''Systems Research'', 13:3, Sep 1996, pp 271-278. [https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1735(199609)13:3%3C271::AID-SRES94%3E3.0.CO;2-%23]
 
* Ranulph Glanville, "Heinz von Foerster: The Form and the Content", ''Systems Research'', 13:3, Sep 1996, pp 271-278. [https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1735(199609)13:3%3C271::AID-SRES94%3E3.0.CO;2-%23]
 
* Gordon Pask, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=342 "Heinz von Foerster's Self-Organisation, the Progenitor of Conversation and Interaction Theories"], ''Systems Research'' 13:3, Sep 1996, pp 349-362. Pask's last paper, on his work together with von Foerster and their account of the history of cybernetics.
 
* Gordon Pask, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=342 "Heinz von Foerster's Self-Organisation, the Progenitor of Conversation and Interaction Theories"], ''Systems Research'' 13:3, Sep 1996, pp 349-362. Pask's last paper, on his work together with von Foerster and their account of the history of cybernetics.

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Heinz von Foerster (13 November 1911, Vienna – 2 October 2002, Pescadero, California) was an Austrian American scientist combining physics and philosophy, and widely attributed as the originator of Second-order cybernetics. He was twice a Guggenheim fellow (1956-1957 and 1963-1964) and also was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1980.

Publications

  • editor, Cybernetics of Cybernetics, or, the Control of Control and the Communication of Communication (BCL Report 73.38), Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, 1974; 2nd ed. Minneapolis, MN: Future Systems, 1995, 497 pp. A collection of papers by distinguished cyberneticians with graphic commentaries and original texts and definitions composed by students in von Foerster’s “Cybernetics of Cybernetics” seminar.
  • Observing Systems, intro. Francisco J. Varela, Seaside, CA: Intersystems, 1981, xvi+331 pp; 2nd ed, 1984, xviii+331 pp.
    • Sistemi che osservano, eds. Mauro Ceruti and Umberta Telfner, trans. Bernardo Draghi, Rome: Astrolabio, 1987, 243 pp. (Italian)
  • Sistemica elemental: desde un punto de vista superior, Medellín: Fondo Editorial Universitario EAFIT, 1998, 81 pp. (Spanish)
  • with Heinz von Glasersfeld, Wie wir uns erfinden: eine Autobiographie des radikalen Konstruktivismus, Heidelberg: Carl-Auer-Systeme, 1999. (German)
    • Come ci si inventa: storie, buone ragioni ed entusiasmi di due responsabili dell'eresia costruttivista, Rome: Odradek, 2001, xx+195 pp. (Italian)

Interviews

  • with Bernhard Pörksen, Wahrheit ist die Erfindung eines Lügners: Gespräche für Skeptiker, Heidelberg: Carl-Auer-System, 1998, 166 pp. (German)
    • La verità è l'invenzione di un bugiardo: colloqui per scettici, Rome: Meltemi, 2001, 162 pp. (Italian)
    • Understanding Systems: Conversations on Epistemology and Ethics, trans. Karen Leube, New York: Kluwer, 2002, 161 pp.
    • Sandhed - opfundet af en løgner: samtaler for skeptikere, trans. Christine Sonne Carstensen, Værløse: Billesø & Baltzer, 2003, 136 pp. (Danish)
    • 진리는 거짓말쟁이의 발명품이다: 회의론자들을 위한 대담, 2009, 264 pp. (Korean)
    • Pravda je vynález lhářů: rozhovory skeptiků, trans. Zdeněk Dan, Prague: Pragma, 2016, 186 pp. (Czech)

Literature

Links

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