Observation (vs. experience)
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| - | Observation in the dictionary is simply described as 'the act of observing, or being observed.' For most thinkers and philosophers there is more to this term, for example German sociologist Niklas Luhmann[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklas_Luhmann]. He lived troughout the most of the 20th century and was one of the prominent thinkers in the field of Sociological Systems Theory. In this work three there are three central theme's: [[social system]], communication system and observation system | + | Observation in the dictionary is simply described as 'the act of observing, or being observed.' For most thinkers and philosophers there is more to this term, for example German sociologist Niklas Luhmann[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklas_Luhmann]. He lived troughout the most of the 20th century and was one of the prominent thinkers in the field of Sociological Systems Theory. In this work three there are three central theme's: |
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| + | - [[social system]]: a system in which actions of different people refer to each other and together make sense. Individual or structured choices of man determines to whom other people refer and which actions to take. Because there is an unlimited range of choices, these must be reduced. These choices make dicisions in the future path dependend and in that way social system ermerges. A social system gets formated through complexity reduction, selection. | ||
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| + | - communication system: Habermas takes just verbal communication as interaction. Luhmann however takes it a step futher and takes communication in general to be important, including all sorts of communication, even through media. | ||
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Revision as of 18:20, 22 October 2010
Observation in the dictionary is simply described as 'the act of observing, or being observed.' For most thinkers and philosophers there is more to this term, for example German sociologist Niklas Luhmann[1]. He lived troughout the most of the 20th century and was one of the prominent thinkers in the field of Sociological Systems Theory. In this work three there are three central theme's:
- social system: a system in which actions of different people refer to each other and together make sense. Individual or structured choices of man determines to whom other people refer and which actions to take. Because there is an unlimited range of choices, these must be reduced. These choices make dicisions in the future path dependend and in that way social system ermerges. A social system gets formated through complexity reduction, selection.
- communication system: Habermas takes just verbal communication as interaction. Luhmann however takes it a step futher and takes communication in general to be important, including all sorts of communication, even through media.
- observation system:
References
- Arnoldi, J. (2001). Nicklas Luhmann; an introduction. Theory, Culture & Society, 18 (1), 1-13.
By Evelien de Beer & Richard Huttinga
