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Testament to conversations on critical systems thinking between two systems practitioners |
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| Authors: | Robert L. Flood Werner Ulrich |
| Affiliation: | 1. Sir Q. W. Lee Chair in Management Science, University of Hull, HU6 7RX, Hull, UK 2. Systems Intervention Ltd., Newbury, UK 3. PA Consultancy Group, London, UK 4. Department of Public Health and Social Services of the Canton of Berne, Berne, Switzerland 5. Department of Philosophy, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland |
| Abstract: | This is a testament to conversations held in Berne and Fribourg, Switzerland, in late 1988. The main theme that we present concerns seeking to find an adequate epistemology for systems practice, to find a  truly critical approach, by shifting our interests from systems science to systems rationality (i.e., by reaching out toward a systems epistemological ideal) and by dealing with sociological phenomena such as the effects of material conditions and false consciousness and inequalities associated with these. Social rationalities relating to positivism, interpretivism, and critique are considered. Limitations and legitimacies of these rationalities in social contexts are made explicit in these discussions.Conversations were held in Berne and Fribourg, Switzerland, between 30 November and 5 December 1988. |
| Keywords: | Critical Systems Theory systems rationality social rationality pluralism Liberating Systems Theory |
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