Heinz von Foerster (born Heinz von Foerster-Wolff)

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cyberneticist human philosopher physicist systems theorist

Heinz von Foerster (born Heinz von Foerster-Wolff) was an Austrian-American physicist and philosopher best known as a pioneer of cybernetics and second-order systems theory.

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instanceOf cyberneticist ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
systems theorist ⓘ
birthName Heinz von Foerster-Wolff NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship Austria ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1911-11-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2002-10-02 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Vienna ⓘ
Vienna University of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Biological Computer Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork biophysics ⓘ
cognitive science ⓘ
cybernetics ⓘ
information theory ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
second-order cybernetics ⓘ
systems theory ⓘ
founded Biological Computer Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Ernst von Glasersfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ
Francisco Varela NERFINISHED ⓘ
Humberto Maturana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niklas Luhmann NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Watzlawick NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy John von Neumann NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norbert Wiener NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warren McCulloch NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
German ⓘ
memberOf Macy Conferences on Cybernetics NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement cybernetics ⓘ
radical constructivism ⓘ
systems theory ⓘ
notableFor contributions to systems theory ⓘ
development of second-order cybernetics ⓘ
pioneering work in cybernetics ⓘ
notableWork Cybernetics of Cybernetics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Observing Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ
Understanding Understanding NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation researcher ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Vienna ⓘ
placeOfDeath Pescadero, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld director of the Biological Computer Laboratory ⓘ
theory constructivist epistemology ⓘ
second-order cybernetics NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Wolff → hasNotableBearer → Heinz von Foerster (born Heinz von Foerster-Wolff) ⓘ
second-order cybernetics → associatedWith → Heinz von Foerster (born Heinz von Foerster-Wolff) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heinz von Foerster