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The Evolutionary Dynamics of Discursive Knowledge : Communication-Theoretical Perspectives on an Empirical Philosophy of Science.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leydesdorff, Loet.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Scientific and Scholarly Communication Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • 1 Knowledge-Based Innovations and Social Coordination
  • 1.1 The Spring of "1968" in Prague, Paris, and Amsterdam
  • 1.2 Science and Technology Policies in the West
  • 1.3 Science Studies: The Sociological Perspective
  • 1.4 The Habermas-Luhmann Discussion
  • 1.5 "Wertfreiheit"
  • 1.6 Meaning and Information
  • 1.7 "Luhmann Reconsidered"
  • 1.8 Codification
  • 1.8.1 Husserl's "Intersubjective Intentionality"
  • 1.8.2 Autopoiesis
  • 1.8.3 Parsons' Media Theory
  • 1.9 The Triple Helix Model
  • 1.10 Anticipatory Systems
  • 1.11 The Measurement of Triple-Helix Synergy
  • 1.12 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Part IThe Sociocybernetics of Scientific Knowledge
  • 2 The Communication Turn in Philosophy of Science
  • 2.1 Discursive Knowledge
  • 2.2 The Modern Citation as an Example of Codification
  • 2.3 The Communication Perspective
  • 2.4 Operationalization and Measurement
  • 2.5 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • 3 Scientific Communication and Codification
  • 3.1 The Status of Cognitive Structures
  • 3.2 Codification in Communications
  • 3.3 Beliefs versis Rationalized Expectations
  • 3.4 "Structuration" by Expectations
  • 3.5 Biological and Cybernetic Metaphors
  • 3.6 Sociocybernetics
  • 3.7 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • 4 Towards a Calculus of Redundancy
  • 4.1 The Network Graph and the Vector Space
  • 4.2 Dimensions and Dynamics of Information
  • 4.3 Levels B and C in the Shannon Diagram
  • 4.4 Scholarly Discourse and Codification
  • 4.5 Redundancy and Evolution
  • 4.6 The Generation of Mutual Redundancy
  • 4.7 Generalization
  • 4.8 Clockwise and Anti-clockwise Rotations
  • 4.9 Summary and Conclusions
  • References
  • Part IISynergy in Triple-Helix Relations
  • 5 Evolutionary and Institutional Triple Helix Models
  • 5.1 Historical Trajectories and Evolutionary Regimes.
  • 5.2 From Dialectics to Triads
  • 5.3 The Knowledge-Based Economy
  • 5.4 Triads and Simmelian Ties in Triple-Helix Configurations
  • 5.5 The Generalized TH Model of Innovations
  • 5.6 Institutional and Evolutionary TH-Models
  • 5.7 The Measurement of Triple-Helix Configurations
  • 5.7.1 Synergy in Co-authorship Relations in South Korea
  • 5.7.2 Synergy in Innovation Systems across Sweden
  • 5.8 Discussion
  • References
  • 6 Regions, Innovations, and the North-South Divide in Italy
  • 6.1 Innovation Policies and Innovation Systems in Italy
  • 6.2 Methods
  • 6.3 Data and Descriptive Statistics
  • 6.3.1 The Geographical Distribution of Firms in Italy
  • 6.3.2 Small, Medium-Sized, and Large Enterprises
  • 6.3.3 The Technological Dimension (NACE Codes)
  • 6.4 Results
  • 6.4.1 Regions
  • 6.4.2 Northern, Central, and Southern Italy
  • 6.4.3 Sectorial Decomposition
  • 6.5 Conclusions and Discussion
  • 6.6 Policy Implications
  • References
  • 7 The Measurement of Synergy
  • 7.1 "Synergy"
  • 7.2 A Toy Model
  • 7.3 Vector Coordinates
  • 7.4 Empirical Applications
  • 7.4.1 Synergy in International Co-Authorship Relations
  • 7.4.2 Synergy in Aggregated Citation Relations Among Journals
  • 7.5 Discussion and Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Part IIIThe Dynamics of Expectations and Knowledge
  • 8 Anticipation and the Dynamics of Expectations
  • 8.1 Popper's Perspective on the Growth of Knowledge
  • 8.2 The Hyper-incursive Order of Expectations
  • 8.3 The Differentia Specifica of Inter-human Communications
  • 8.4 The Theory and Computation of Anticipations
  • 8.5 Incursive and Hyper-incursive Equations
  • 8.6 Solving the Equations
  • 8.7 Simulations of Incursive and Hyper-incursive Equations
  • 8.7.1 Cellular Automata
  • 8.7.2 Modelling of Expectations Using Cellular Automata
  • 8.7.3 Visualizations of Anticipations.
  • 8.8 Sociological Implications and Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • 9 Subdynamics in Knowledge-Based Systems
  • 9.1 "Double Contingency" and Inter-human Interactions
  • 9.2 Simulations of the Second Contingency
  • 9.3 Perturbed Recursions and Incursions
  • 9.4 Transversal and Longitudinal Propagation of Meanings
  • 9.5 Decisions and Decision Rules
  • 9.6 Inter-human Coordination in the Second Contingency
  • 9.6.1 Interactions
  • 9.6.2 Organization versus Self-organization
  • 9.6.3 Self-organization
  • 9.7 Discussion and Conclusions
  • References
  • 10 Cultural and Biological Evolution
  • 10.1 Monism versus Dualism
  • 10.1.1 Descartes' Error
  • 10.2 The Secularization of Alter
  • 10.3 Habermas' Knowledge Interests
  • 10.4 Meta-Biology and Reification
  • 10.5 Towards a Calculus of Redundancy
  • 10.6 Consequences for Evolutionary Economics
  • References
  • 11 Summary and Conclusions
  • 11.1 The Sociocybernetics of Scientific Knowledge
  • 11.2 Synergy in Triple Helix Models
  • 11.3 Anticipatory Dynamics and Simulations
  • 11.4 Against Monism
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index.

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