[gav] does systems theory privilege the interactions of the elements within a system over the elements themselves?
[Krimel] I make no pretext to expertise in formal systems theory so I can't really answer that. But from my own perspective a system is: elements interacting. In the absence of elements there is nothing to interact. Without interaction elements are just inert. Neither could be considered a system. As to the effect of the relative proportion of elements to interactions and whether one should be privileged over the other; that would depend on the particular system and the current state of the system. [gav] would this be a fair statement? [Krimel] I thought it was a question. If it is a statement then, again my lack of expertise prevents an answer. But if the statement is: "systems theory privileges the interactions of the elements within a system over the elements themselves" Then I would say, "no," or at least, "not often or for very long, except for sometimes." gav cheers [Krimel] Back acha Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
