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Klappentext Dedicated to the life and work of Heinz Von Foerster, this is a double issue of the journal "Cybernetics and Human Knowing". Zusammenfassung Dedicated to the life and work of Heinz Von Foerster, this is a double issue of the journal "Cybernetics and Human Knowing". Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: The Oroborous and the Glass Bead Game Soren Brier and Ranulph Glanville Bernhard Poerksen: "At each and every moment! I can decide who I am" Heinz von Foerster and Karl H. Muller: Action without Utility. An Immodest Proposal for the Cognitive Foundations of Behavior Monika Brocker: Between the lines: The part-of-the-world-position of Heinz von Foerster Albert Muller: Heinz von Foerster's Archives Louis H. Kauffman: Eigenforms -- Objects as Tokens for Eigenbehaviors Ranulph Glanville: Machines of Wonder and Elephants that Float through Air Marcelo Pakman: Elements for a Foersterian Poetics in Psychotherapeutic Practice Frederick Steier and Jane Jorgenson: Ethics and Aesthetics of Observing Frames Bernard Scott: "Heinz von Foerster -- An Appreciation" (Revisited) Gerard de Zeeuw: Discovering Social Knowledge Stuart Umpleby: Heinz von Foerster and the Mansfield Amendment ASC Pages Pille Bunnell: Reflections on the Phrase "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants" Column Ranulph Glanville: A (Cybernetic) Musing: In Praise of Buffers Book Reviews by Ole Thyssen and Ranulph Glanville Personal Tributes by Frank Galuszka (p. 189)! Klaus Krippendorff (p. 195)! Cornelia Bessie (p. 197)! Tom von Foerster (p. 202) and Andy von Foerster (p. 204)
