Calculus of Redundancy

Cogitata
(Things about which we remain in doubt)

This page is about the slow-read/discussion of The Evolutionary Dynamics of Discursive Knowledge, the latest book by Loet Leydesdorff, freely available via Open Access. The book provides an introduction to the connections between systems theory, evolutionary theory, sociology, STS, communication theory, and cybernetics and its objective is to facilitate interdisciplinary exchange. We will read and discuss about one chapter each month. Scroll down for the provisional schedule.

For the latest version of the schedule, go to https://groups.google.com/g/cogitata?hl=en.

Program

(Scroll to the bottom for previous meetings.)

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 – Chapter 8 - Anticipation and the Dynamics of Expectations.

Andrea Pitasi (Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio", (Chieti)

Jaimi Hendrix

Wednesday, June 15, 2022 – Chapter 9 - Subdynamics in Knowledge-based System

Igone Porto Gomez (Engineering & Organization, Univ. de Deusto, Spain).

Caroline Wagner (Public Affairs, Ohio State Univ., USA)

Wednesday, July 20, 2022 – Chapter 10 - Cultural and Biological Evolution.

Christiane Gebhardt (Drees & Sommer, Zurich, Switzerland).

Gerard de Zeeuw (Mathematics, Univ. of Amsterdam, Netherlands).

Wednesday, August 17, 2022 – Chapter 11 - Summary and Conclusions.

Jerome Warren (Economics & Social Sciences, Univ. of Cologne, Germany

The book discussion will take place via ZOOM on the third Wednesday of every month, starting at 5pm CET (4pm GMT, 11am EST, 8am PST(**)). The first meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Each ZOOM meeting, three scholars give a brief commentary (15 minutes) on the chapter scheduled for that day, followed by an interactive discussion. Each session will last for about two hours.

Commentaries in the form of a video presentation (maximum 15 minutes) are welcomed, especially from those who cannot join the ZOOM meetings due to international time zone differences. If you would like to act as a commentator for any of the chapters (max 15 minutes, max 7 PPT slides), please get in touch with one of the event organizers (johnsonmwj1@gmail.com or jaimi.hendrix@gmail.com) to finalize the details.

Additional details:

The book is open-access; one can retrieve copies at: https://rd.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-59951-5 .
Email discussions will be archived at https://groups.google.com/g/cogitata?hl=en. Everyone is welcome to join this Google group.
The webpage will be kept uptodate about the meetings.
RSVP to jaimi.hendrix@gmail.com. RSVP is not necessary, but it is appreciated if you do so.
Each ZOOM session will be recorded and posted at Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJumBT3J15xhAoNs9Cn.
This event series is hosted by the Club of Remy - Speed Dating of Ideas, a loosely affiliated group of cyberneticians. For more details on the Club of Remy, www.clubofremy.org, or its YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJumBT3J15xhAoNs9CnrSVg/about

· n (Cybernetics, Univ. of Liverpool) at johnsonmwj1@gmail.com or Margaretha “Jaimi” Hendrickx at jaimi.hendrix@gmail.com.

Reviews of the book:

Schirone, Mark. (2021). Review of: Leydesdorff, Loet. The evolutionary dynamics of discursive knowledge. Communication-theoretical perspectives on an empirical philosophy of science. Cham: Springer Nature, 2021. Information Research, Vol 26 No 3, Review no. R725 [Retrieved from http://www.informationr.net/ir/reviews/revs725.html]
Mark Johnson’s review "Leydesdorff’s Compass: A Review of “The Evolutionary Dynamics of Discursive Knowledge,” will be published in the November/December issue 2021 of Cybernetics and Human Knowing.

· Inga Ivanova (2021), New Frontiers in the Theory of Meaning in Inter-Human Communications, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 167(2) 120672

· Chris’s notes-in-use

Please, synchronize with 5pm Paris/Amsterdam/Berlin/Maribor/Ljubljana time.

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Previous meetings

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 - Chapter 1 –

Knowledge-based Innovation and Social Coordination. <pdf>

1. “Evolution—Dynamics—Discourse—Knowledge,” <youtube>
Mark W. Johnson (Cybernetics, Univ. of Liverpool, UK).

2. “Intellectual and social contexts: an intervention,“ <youtube>
Andrea Scharnhorst (DANS, Royal Academy, NL).

3. “The priority of Husserl’s cogitata,“ <youtube>
Eva Buchinger (Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria)

4. Discussion<youtube>; transcript <html>; transcript <pdf>

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 - Chapters 2 and 3:

Chapter 2 - The Communication Turn in Philosophy of Science; and
Chapter 3 - Scientific Communication and Codification.

1. “Rational Expectations versus Beliefs”
Marco Schirone (Univ. of Borås, Chalmers Univ,. Sweden).

2. “Chapters 2 and 3”
Edmumdo Balsemão (Philosophy, Univ. de Coimbra, Portugal)

3. “From the Perspective of Quantitative Science Studies”
Stasa Milojevic (Cognitive Science, Indiana University, Bloomington).

Discussion <youtube>; transcript <html>; transcript <pdf>

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Wednesday, Feb 16, 2022 Chapter 4 - |"Towards a Calculu of R edundancy"

Comments by Inga Ivanova (HSE Univ., Moscow, Russia).
Comments byLarry Richards (Mgmt. & Engineering, Indiana Univ. East, USA).
Comments by Diana Lucio (Pontifical Xavierian Univ., Columbia).

Comments by Klaus Krippendorff (Annenberg School, USA)
Discussion
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Chapter 5 - Evolutionary & Institutional

Triple Helix Models.

Comments by:

Lucio Biggiero (Org. Science; Univ. of L'Aquila, Italia). [PPT presentation] <youtube>
Yuzhuo Cai (Mgmt & Business, ampere Univ., Finland) [PPT presentation] <youtube>

Discussion <youtube>; transcript <.docx>

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022 - Chapters 6 and 7
Chapter 6 Regions, Innovations & the North-South Divide in Italy.
Chapter 7 - The Measurement of Synergy

Comments by:

1. Helen Lawton Smith (Innovation Studies, Birkbeck, London Univ., UK).

2. Jerome Warren (Economics & Social Sciences, Univ. of Cologne, Germany)

3. Richard Klavans (SciTech Strategies, Berwyn, PA, USA)

Discussion <youtube>; transcript <pdf>

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022 – Chapter 8

Anticipation and the Dynamics of Expectations.

Comments by:

Andrea Pitasi (Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti)

Jaimi Hendrix

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022 – Chapter 9 - Subdynamics in Knowledge-based Systems.

Commens by:

1. Igone Porto Gomez (Engineering & Organization, Univ. de Deusto, Spain).

2. Caroline Wagner (Public Affairs, Ohio State Univ., USA)

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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 – Chapter 10 - Cultural and Biological Evolution.

Comments by:

1. Christiane Gebhardt (Drees & Sommer, Zurich, Switzerland).

2. Gerard de Zeeuw (Mathematics, Univ. of Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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Wednesday, August 17, 2022 – Chapter 11 - Summary and Conclusions.

Comments by:

1. Jerome Warren (Economics & Social Sciences, Univ. of Cologne, Germany)

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