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The evolutionary dynamics of discursive knowledge : communication-theoretical perspectives on an empirical philosophy of science

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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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301.072 LEY e

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Springer Open., 2021

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x, 247p. : ill.

Language

English

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9783030599515

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301.072

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Technological innovations
Information theory
Communication in learning and scholarship
Sociology
Communication
Semantics
Marketing research
Sociology--Research

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by Loet Leydesdorff

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