(1) Levels of organization (LoOs) support an ontological approach, according to which the system under analysis is supposed to have a (usually hierarchical) structure in itself, or de re, which is allegedly uncovered by its description and …Hughes, P., & Brecht, G. (1976). Vicious circles and infinity: A panoply of paradoxes. London: Cape. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1975.
Kant, I. (1998). Critique of pure reason repr. w. corr. (trans: Guyer, P., & Woo…
Mihajlo D. Mesarovic
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Mesarovic is a foundational theorist of hierarchical systems and levels of organization who developed frameworks for understanding complex multi-level structures in cybernetics and systems theory. His work on organizational hierarchies appears in the course readings as an ontological approach—the notion that systems have real, discoverable hierarchical structures rather than merely imposed analytical categories. This matters for thinking through how AI systems, organizations, and sociotechnical assemblages can be rigorously analyzed as nested levels rather than flat or purely constructed entities.
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