The evolutionary dynamics of discursive knowledge : communication-theoretical perspectives on an empirical philosophy of science / Loet Leydesdorff.
2021
HM571
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The evolutionary dynamics of discursive knowledge : communication-theoretical perspectives on an empirical philosophy of science / Loet Leydesdorff.
ISBN
9783030599515 (electronic book)
3030599515 (electronic book)
9783030599522 (print)
3030599523
9783030599539 (print)
3030599531
3030599507
9783030599508
3030599515 (electronic book)
9783030599522 (print)
3030599523
9783030599539 (print)
3030599531
3030599507
9783030599508
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 247 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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10.1007/978-3-030-59951-5 doi
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HM571
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301.072
Summary
This open access book have three themes have been central to Leydesdorff's research: (1) the dynamics of science, technology, and innovation; (2) the scientometric operationalization of these concept; and (3) the elaboration in terms of a Triple Helix of university-industry-government relations. In this study, I discuss the relations among these themes. Using Luhmann's social-systems theory for modelling meaning processing and Shannon's theory for information processing, I show that synergy can add new options to an innovation system as redundancy. The capacity to develop new options is more important for innovation than past performance. Entertaining a model of possible future states makes a knowledge-based system increasingly anticipatory. The trade-off between the incursion of future states on the historical developments can be measured using the Triple-Helix synergy indicator. This is shown, for example, for the Italian national and regional systems of innovation.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 26, 2021).
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Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Scientific and Scholarly Communication, 2365-8371
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Print version: 9783030599508
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Table of Contents
Knowledge-Based Innovations and Social Coordination
The Communication Perspective as an Empirical Philosophy of Science
Scientific Communication and Cognitive Codification
The Semantics of Shannon-type Information
Relations, Positions, and Perspectives on Innovation
Synergy in a Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government Relations
Regions, Innovations, and the North-South Divide in Italy
Horizons of Meaning in Anticipatory Systems
The Generation of Redundancy against the Arrow of Time
Codification and Anticipation in Techno-Cultural Evolutions
Inter-Human Communications and the Possibility of Science.
The Communication Perspective as an Empirical Philosophy of Science
Scientific Communication and Cognitive Codification
The Semantics of Shannon-type Information
Relations, Positions, and Perspectives on Innovation
Synergy in a Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government Relations
Regions, Innovations, and the North-South Divide in Italy
Horizons of Meaning in Anticipatory Systems
The Generation of Redundancy against the Arrow of Time
Codification and Anticipation in Techno-Cultural Evolutions
Inter-Human Communications and the Possibility of Science.