Søren Brier
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A CALL FOR DISCUSSION
In this issue we publish a philosophical critique of some of the basic constructivistic positions within second order cybernetics by David Johnson. It is my hope that this paper will initiate a fruitful debate about these major issues which also are being discussed in other fora.
The journal is now open for shorter comments under a section called "Discussion". The first participant is Ernst von Glasersfeld who in this issue addresses several questions to Johnsons paper.
Lars Qvortrup gives an historical and critical exposition of the highlights of the debate on the concept of information with reference to the most important positions and works from Shannon to Luhmann.
Hugh Gash writes about the usefulness of Bateson's concepts of learning in understanding prejudice, and reports social experiments on how to change prejudice among schoolchildren.
In the Praxis section Søren Brier writes about how to use conversational ethics in companies and institutions to create fruitful solutions to the cultural and environmental problems even on a global scale.
NEWS FROM THE EDITOR
Economically the journal has just survived its first year thanks to a lot of unpaid work, economical support from the ASC, and goodwill from the Royal School of Librarianship and its staff, which I would like to thank here. Thanks also to Frank Larsen for photos of Bruno Kjær's artworks to the first issue and to Thomas Pedersen & Poul Pedersen for photos of Steffen Tasts artworks in this issue.
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