Systems thinking and critique. I. What is critique?

Fuenmayor, Ramsés

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“…Another more systems-philosophical way to explain this is that, when we take any perspective, there are unseen assumptions being made. In a reflective moment, we are able to reveal these assumptions, but in doing so we make further invisible assumptions (Fuenmayor, 1990). Theoretically, we could continue critiquing our assumptions (pre-conceptions) infinitely, always knowing there are more to uncover, but in practice there are limits to the time we have available for this kind of repeated critique (Ulrich, 1994).…”

Section: The Mbbi and The Predictive Mindmentioning

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Mindfulness and Behavioural Insights

Lilley

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Midgley

2022

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This paper explores the impacts of the Mindfulness-Based Behavioural Insights and Decision-Making (MBBI) programme. Combining mindfulness with behavioural insights instruction, the authors have developed the MBBI programme through a series of iterative trials over the last ten years. In addition to fusing mindfulness and behavioural insights, this programme also draws on the theories of autopoiesis, anticipatory systems, the predictive brain and constructed emotions, which all challenge the common assumption that behavioural and emotional responses are automatic (triggered by given stimuli and not open to change through self-reflection). The paper explores the use of the MBBI in the Welsh Civil Service. Employing evidence from in-depth interviews with participants and a SenseMaker analysis, it rethinks the role of mindfulness at work, repurposes the application of behavioural insights training toward a more ethical and systemic direction, and develops a reflective approach to capability building amongst public servants.

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Mindfulness and Behavioural Insights

Lilley

Whitehead

Midgley

2022

JASC

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“…On the contrary, IS is engaged in an endless process of learning because the nature of beings cannot be isolated into one fixed context. The opening-up of possibilities is a challenge to keep questioning our own 'states of mind' (Fuenmayor, 1990).…”

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The possibilities of community OR in a third world country

Arias

1994

International Transactions in Operational Research

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This paper shows a few possibilities for the application of Community OR in a Third World country based on experience in Venezuela. These possibilities are discussed in a framework of the relationship between the state and community organizations. Emphasis lies in showing that Community OR in Venezuela requires a deep critical commitment to emancipation in order to help community organizations develop in a rather hostile environment. Lastly, results in dealing with community organizations in Venezuela using the Interpretive Systemology approach are presented.

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“…It was argued that, in order to bring forth a "systems theory" to explain holism, it was necessary to uncover the ontoepistemological roots of reductionism. Only by uncovering the preconditions of current scientific and design activities, the new theory could be liberated from the trap of the former and, hence, be critically (Fuenmayor, 1990;Fuenmayor and López-Garay, 1991) founded on an ontoepistemology which could account for holistic transcendence.…”

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The roots of reductionism: A counter-ontoepistemology for a systems approach

Fuenmayor

1991

Systems Practice

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Systems thinking is presented as the antithesis of "reductionism." This article -the first in a trilogy which intends to present an ontoepistemological foundation for interpretive systemology-is concerned with understanding the ontoepistemological roots of reductionism. The immediate purpose of such an understanding is to provide an interpretive contrasting context (a counterontoepistemology) against which an ontoepistemology for systems thinking can dialectically be drawn (the second and third papers in the trilogy published in this issue of Systems Practice). The inquiry into the ontoepistemological roots of reductionism leads to the principle of noncontradiction. Such a principle is shown to be the source of the merging together the most fundamental ontological and epistemological principles ruling Western thought. As such, they are shown to have brought about reductionism in modern science. Finally, the "form of essential recursiveness" is put forward as a logical antithetical form with regard to the principle of noncontradiction and which will serve as a logical instrument for developing an ontoepistemology for the systems approach.

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Systems thinking and critique. I. What is critique?

Cited by 16 publications

References 5 publications

Mindfulness and Behavioural Insights

Mindfulness and Behavioural Insights

The possibilities of community OR in a third world country

The roots of reductionism: A counter-ontoepistemology for a systems approach

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