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==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
| + | * co-editor, ''Cybernetics: Transactions of the Seventh Conference'', New York: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 1950. | ||
| + | * co-editor, ''Cybernetics: Transactions of the Eighth Conference'', New York: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 1952. | ||
| + | * co-editor, ''Cybernetics: Transactions of the Ninth Conference'', New York: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 1953. | ||
| + | * co-editor, ''Cybernetics: Transactions of the Tenth Conference'', New York: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 1955. | ||
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| + | * co-editor, ''Purposive Systems: Proceedings of the First Annual Symposium of the American Society for Cybernetics'', New York, NY: Spartan Books, 1968 | ||
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* 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. | * 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. | * ''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. {{it}} | ||
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| + | * ''[http://libgen.rs/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, 221 pp. {{es}} | ||
| − | * '' | + | * ''Sistemica elemental: desde un punto de vista superior'', Medellín: Fondo Editorial Universitario EAFIT, 1998, 81 pp. {{es}} |
| − | * '' | + | * with Heinz von Glasersfeld, ''Wie wir uns erfinden: eine Autobiographie des radikalen Konstruktivismus'', Heidelberg: Carl-Auer-Systeme, 1999. {{de}} |
| + | ** ''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. | ||
* ''[http://library.memoryoftheworld.org/#/book/81184226-ae25-4374-a71c-dfb0c03c234d The Beginning of Heaven and Earth Has No Name: Seven Days With Second-Order Cybernetics]'', eds. Albert Mueller and Karl H. Mueller, trans. Elinor Rooks and Michael Kasenbacher, New York: Fordham University, 2013. | * ''[http://library.memoryoftheworld.org/#/book/81184226-ae25-4374-a71c-dfb0c03c234d The Beginning of Heaven and Earth Has No Name: Seven Days With Second-Order Cybernetics]'', eds. Albert Mueller and Karl H. Mueller, trans. Elinor Rooks and Michael Kasenbacher, New York: Fordham University, 2013. | ||
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| + | * [https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1735(199609)13:3%3C421::AID-SRES77%3E3.0.CO;2-S Bibliography] | ||
==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}} | ||
| + | ** ''La verità è l'invenzione di un bugiardo: colloqui per scettici'', Rome: Meltemi, 2001, 162 pp. {{it}} | ||
| + | ** ''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. {{da}} | ||
| + | ** 진리는 거짓말쟁이의 발명품이다: 회의론자들을 위한 대담, 2009, 264 pp. {{ko}} | ||
| + | ** ''Pravda je vynález lhářů: rozhovory skeptiků'', trans. Zdeněk Dan, Prague: Pragma, 2016, 186 pp. {{cz}} | ||
==Literature== | ==Literature== | ||
| − | * 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, 1996, pp 349-362. Pask's last paper, on his work together with von Foerster and their account of the history of cybernetics. | + | * 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. |
| − | * Evelyne Andreewsky, Robert Delorme (eds.), ''[http:// | + | * ''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}} |
| + | ** ''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] | ||
| + | * 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. | ||
| + | * Evelyne Andreewsky, Robert Delorme (eds.), ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=A731AC2658E37770BBB49A26443BE75B Seconde cybernétique et complexité: rencontres avec Heinz von Foerster]'', Paris: L'Harmattan, 2006. {{fr}} | ||
| + | * Bruce Clarke, [[Media:Clarke Bruce 2012 From Information to Cognition The Systems Counterculture Heinz von Foersters Pedagogy and Second-Order Cybernetics.pdf|"From Information to Cognition: The Systems Counterculture, Heinz von Foerster’s Pedagogy, and Second-Order Cybernetics"]], ''Constructivist Foundations'' 7:3, 2012, pp 196-207. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| + | * [https://bibliothek.univie.ac.at/sammlungen/heinz_von_foersterarchiv.html Heinz von Foerster-Archiv, U Wien] | ||
* http://www.t-h-e-n-e-t.com/html/_film/pers/_pers_foerster.htm | * http://www.t-h-e-n-e-t.com/html/_film/pers/_pers_foerster.htm | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_von_Foerster Wikipedia] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_von_Foerster Wikipedia] | ||
| + | * Tribute: [https://sci-hub.st/10.1002/sres.527 Ranulph Glanville] (Systems Research and Behavioral Science). | ||
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| + | {{DEFAULTSORT:von Foerster, Heinz}} | ||
Latest revision as of 21:42, 19 December 2023
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.
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Publications[edit]
- co-editor, Cybernetics: Transactions of the Seventh Conference, New York: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 1950.
- co-editor, Cybernetics: Transactions of the Eighth Conference, New York: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 1952.
- co-editor, Cybernetics: Transactions of the Ninth Conference, New York: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 1953.
- co-editor, Cybernetics: Transactions of the Tenth Conference, New York: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 1955.
- co-editor, Purposive Systems: Proceedings of the First Annual Symposium of the American Society for Cybernetics, New York, NY: Spartan Books, 1968
- 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)
- Sicht und Einsicht: Versuche zu einer operativen Erkenntnistheorie, trans. Wolfram K. Köck, Braunschweig: Vieweg+Teubner, 1985, xi+236 pp. [1] (German)
- Las semillas de la cibernética, ed. & trans. Marcelo Pakman, intro. Carlos Sluzki, Barcelona: Gedisa, 1991, 221 pp. (Spanish)
- 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)
- Understanding Understanding: Essays on Cybernetics and Cognition, New York: Springer, 2003, 362 pp. Incl. "Objects: Tokens for (Eigen-)Behaviors", pp 261-271.
- The Beginning of Heaven and Earth Has No Name: Seven Days With Second-Order Cybernetics, eds. Albert Mueller and Karl H. Mueller, trans. Elinor Rooks and Michael Kasenbacher, New York: Fordham University, 2013.
Interviews[edit]
- Peter Bexte, "Warum sind Computer musikalisch, Herr von Foerster?", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 30 Dec 1988. (German)
- 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[edit]
- Bernard Scott, "Heinz von Foerster An Appreciation (Revisited)" [1979], Cybernetics And Human Knowing 10:3-4, 2003, pp 137-149.
- 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. (German)
- El ojo del observador contribuciones al constructivismo: homenaje a Heinz von Foerster, trans. Cristóbal Piechocki, Barcelona: Gedisa, 1994, 261 pp. (Spanish)
- Ranulph Glanville, "Heinz von Foerster: The Form and the Content", Systems Research, 13:3, Sep 1996, pp 271-278. [2]
- Gordon Pask, "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.
- Evelyne Andreewsky, Robert Delorme (eds.), Seconde cybernétique et complexité: rencontres avec Heinz von Foerster, Paris: L'Harmattan, 2006. (French)
- Bruce Clarke, "From Information to Cognition: The Systems Counterculture, Heinz von Foerster’s Pedagogy, and Second-Order Cybernetics", Constructivist Foundations 7:3, 2012, pp 196-207.
Links[edit]
- Heinz von Foerster-Archiv, U Wien
- http://www.t-h-e-n-e-t.com/html/_film/pers/_pers_foerster.htm
- Wikipedia
- Tribute: Ranulph Glanville (Systems Research and Behavioral Science).
