Autonomy

Abstract

This paper is about a (supposed) myth which tells the creation of man in reverse order. It is not man being the crown on creation, but the (by) product of a complicated process. The myth simply is called autonomy. The elements of the myth show the backside of human knowledge and with that the connective points of the usual theoretical notions in science. Scientific knowledge is "suspended on something" and by means of a special construction (afore mentioned myth) one can see the anchorage. In that way the paper goes into theoretical initiatives currently undertaken (EMCSR Vienna 1992) to broaden the insights in system theory and cybernetics, especially the construction of theory concerning the (meaning of) chaos.