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Subsystems: A subsystem is a part of a larger system. Subsystems are often used to organize and decompose complex systems into smaller, more manageable parts. They can also be used to isolate and protect different parts of a system from each other. See also Systems, System theory._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Talcott Parsons on Subsystems - Dictionary of Arguments
Habermas IV 354 Subsystems/Culture/Parsons/Habermas: In the later Parsons, culture is understood as a subsystem, that follows own Habermas IV 355 imperatives of conservation, which itself manages with scarce resources and that "penetrates" other subsystems only in the sense that systems that form environments for one another overlap in peripheral zones and can interlink with one another. This methodological revision also means a break with what Parsons called "analytical realism". See also Cultural Values/Parsons. Each action system is a zone of interaction and mutual penetration of four subsystems: Culture, society, personality and organism. Each of these subsystems is specialized in a basic function. >Subsystems/Parsons. Habermas IV 359 Subsystems: since they have a relative autonomy, they are in contingent relationships with each other. However, these are determined to a certain extent by their membership of the common action system. The subsystems form environments for each other. >Systems theory._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
ParCh I Ch. Parsons Philosophy of Mathematics in the Twentieth Century: Selected Essays Cambridge 2014 ParTa I T. Parsons The Structure of Social Action, Vol. 1 1967 ParTe I Ter. Parsons Indeterminate Identity: Metaphysics and Semantics 2000 Ha I J. Habermas Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988 Ha III Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981 Ha IV Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981 |