but it sounds a lot like what is between a system and its environment
yes. and i think i particularly mean this to mean only boundaries that are ‘natural’ in some way. probably homeostatic/self-maintaining.
Looked at ChatGPT blurb- Yes this seems extremely related. Thank you, I wasn’t aware of his work and i’ll have to look into it! Let me know if you do think of any good resources
these “differences” might be the rules, norms, or social structures that separate one social system
this i might disagree with a little. Ie: I wouldn’t call the “difference” of a cell from its environment the specific ion channels… I’d call the ‘difference’ the force of agency that’s constructing and maintaining the boundary. (I agree that the rules or norms are differences, though. ugh, terminology)
I recommend his seminal work Social Systems, though I can’t say how good the English translation is. I have read the German original, and it is difficult to read because its approach to its quite abstract subject is to explain and explore from many angles and refer to the body of prior work and their terminology without the benefit of math (though math wouldn’t help much I guess at this stage of the field).
yes. and i think i particularly mean this to mean only boundaries that are ‘natural’ in some way. probably homeostatic/self-maintaining.
Looked at ChatGPT blurb- Yes this seems extremely related. Thank you, I wasn’t aware of his work and i’ll have to look into it! Let me know if you do think of any good resources
this i might disagree with a little. Ie: I wouldn’t call the “difference” of a cell from its environment the specific ion channels… I’d call the ‘difference’ the force of agency that’s constructing and maintaining the boundary. (I agree that the rules or norms are differences, though. ugh, terminology)
A quick summary of Luhmann’s systems theory can be found on his Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklas_Luhmann#Systems_theory
I recommend his seminal work Social Systems, though I can’t say how good the English translation is. I have read the German original, and it is difficult to read because its approach to its quite abstract subject is to explain and explore from many angles and refer to the body of prior work and their terminology without the benefit of math (though math wouldn’t help much I guess at this stage of the field).