Tuesday, April 18, p.m. Room 46
Symposium D:
Living Systems Theory
G.A. Swanson, USA, and K. Samuelson, Sweden
- 14:00-14:30
- The Dynamics of Purpose as Defined in Living Systems Theory
G.A. Swanson, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, USA
- 14:30-15:00
- Miller's Cross-level Hypothesis as a Guideline for Understanding the Mankind-planet System in the Making
C. Francois, GESI-Argentine Association of Systems and Cybernetics,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 15:00-15:30
- The Quest for Ecological Sustainability: A Multi-level Issue
M. Schwaninger, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland
- 15:30-16:00
- Coffee Break
- 16:00-16:30
- Modeling Function Information in Engineering Design
F.S. Cowan, J. Allen, F. Mistree, The Georgia Institute of Technology, Savannah, USA
- 16:30-17:00
- Improving Motivation Theory and Practice through Application of Living Systems Theory
L. Tracy, Ohio University, Athens, USA
- 17:00-17:30
- Relonics Properties of Living Systems
V. Kvitash, B. Gorbis, UCSF, San Francisco, USA