Publications //
Introduction
We have listed below a selection of peer-reviewed publications that originated in or were contributed to by the CSP, grouped according to the type of knowledge to which they contribute. The knowledge categorisation used here is one developed by the CSP. We have found this framework to be invaluable in our research as it can be adapted to a wide variety of disciplines, practices and contexts.
Axiology (about what matters and why)
- Rousseau, D., (2014). Reconciling Spirituality with the Natural Sciences: A Systems-Philosophical Perspective. Journal for the Study of Spirituality, Vol. 4 No. 2, pp. 174-189.
- Rousseau, D., (2014). A Systems Model of Spirituality. Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. 49(2), pp. 476-508.
- Rousseau, D., Billingham, J., & Calvo-Amodio, J. (2019). Systemic Virtues as a Foundation for a General Theory of Design Elegance. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 36(5).
- Rousseau, D. (2019). Spirituality and Philosophy. In L. Zsolnai & B. Flanagan (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Spirituality in Society and the Professions (pp. 15–24). New York: Routledge.
Praxeology (about action and best practice)
- Rousseau, D., Wilby, J., Billingham, J., Blachfellner S. (2016). Manifesto for General Systems Transdisciplinarity. Systema, 4(1), Special Issue – General Systems Transdisciplinarity, pp. 4-14.
- Rousseau, D. (2019a). A Vision For Advancing Systems Science as a Foundation for the Systems Engineering and Systems Practice of the Future. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 36(5).
- Rousseau, D., & Wilby, J., (2014). Moving from Disciplinarity to Transdisciplinarity in the Service of Thrivable Systems. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. Special Issue: ISSS Yearbook, 31(5), pp 666–677.
- Calvo-Amodio, J., & Rousseau, D. (2019). The Human Activity System: Emergence from Purpose, Boundaries, Relationships, and Context. Procedia Computer Science, 153, 91–99.
- Watson, M. D., Mesmer, B., Roedler, G., Rousseau, D., Gold, R., Calvo-Amodio, J., Jones, C., Miller, William D., Long, D., Lucero, S., Russell, R. W., Sedmak,A., Verma, D., (2019). Systems Engineering Principles and Hypotheses, INSIGHT, 21:1, (pp. 18-28), Hoboken: Wiley .
- Watson, M. D., Mesmer, B., Roedler, G., Rousseau, D., Gold, R., Calvo-Amodio, J., Jones, C., Miller, William D., Long, D., Lucero, S., Russell, R. W., Sedmak, A., Verma, D., (2019). Systems Engineering Principles. INCOSE Systems Engineering Principles Action Team White Paper, 1–27.
Epistemology (about the nature of and paths to knowledge)
- Rousseau, D., (2015). General Systems Theory: Present and Potential. Ludwig von Bertalanffy Memorial Lecture presented at the 2014 Confernce of International Society for the Systems Science. Systems Research and Behavioural Science, 32(5), 522–533 (Special Issue: ISSS Yearbook).
- Rousseau, D. (2017). Strategies for Discovering Scientific Systems Principles. Systems Research and Behavioural Science. 34(5), pp 527-536.
- Rousseau D. (2017). Systems Research and the Quest for Scientific Systems Principles. Systems. 5(2):25
- Rousseau, D. (2017). A Systems Philosophy framework and methodology for discovering and leveraging Scientific Systems Principles. Poster presented at the NSF Engineering and System Design (ESD) and Systems Science (SYS) Programs Workshop 2017: Future Directions in Engineering Design and Systems Engineering. 20-22 Jan 2017, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- Rousseau, D. (2018). A Framework for Understanding Systems Principles and Methods. INSIGHT, 21(3), 9–18.
- Rousseau, D. (2018). A Framework for Understanding Systems Principles and Methods. Proceedings of the INCOSE International Symposium 2018, Washington, DC, USA, 7–12 July 2018, 1-20
- Rousseau, D. (2018). On the Architecture of Systemology and the Typology of Its Principles. Systems, 6(7), 1-17.
- Rousseau, D., Wilby, J., Billingham, J., Blachfellner S. (2018). General Systemology: Transdisciplinarity for Discovery, Insight and Innovation. Tokyo:Springer
- Rousseau, D. (2019). Advances in the Prospects for Realizing a Scientific General Theory Underpinning Systems Engineering. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering 2019.
- Edson, M., Buckle-Henning, P., Ferris, T., Hieronymi, A., Ison, R., Metcalf, G., Mobus, G., Nguyen, N., Rousseau, D., Sankaran, S. Tuddenham, P. (2017). Systems Research: A Foundation for Systems Literacy. In: Edson, M., Metcalf, G.S., Tuddenham, P., Chroust, G. (Eds.) Systems Literacy: Proceedings of the EighteenthConversation of the International Federation for Systems Research, 3-8 April 2016, St. Magdalena, Linz, Austria. Johannes Kepler University, SEA-Publications: Linz,Austria.
- Rousseau, D., & Calvo-Amodio, J. (2019). Systems Principles, Systems Science and the Future of Systems Engineering. INSIGHT, 22(1), (pp 13–15), Hoboken: Wiley
- Rousseau, D. (2019). Editorial: Innovation and Optimization in Nature and Design. Systems Research and Behavioral Science (Special Issue: ISSS Yearbook), 36(5).
Cosmology (about how things are and change, their origins and their possible futures)
- Rousseau, D., & Billingham, J. (2018). A Systemic Framework for Exploring Worldviews and its Generalization as a Multi-Purpose Inquiry Framework. Systems, 6(27), 1–20.
- Rousseau, D., (2014). Systems Philosophy and the Unity of Knowledge. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 31(2) pp. 146-159. [early view published online June 2013]
Metaphysics (about the nature of what exists)
- Rousseau, D. (2017). Three General Systems Principles and their Derivation: Insights from the Philosophy of Science Applied to Systems Concepts. In: Madni, A. M., Boehm, B., Ghanem, R. G., Erwin, D., & Wheaton, M. J. (Eds.). (2017), Disciplinary Convergence in Systems Engineering Research. New York, NY: Springer
- Rousseau, D., (2014). Reconciling Spirituality with the Natural Sciences: A Systems-Philosophical Perspective. Journal for the Study of Spirituality, Vol. 4 No. 2, pp. 174-189.
- Rousseau, D., (2014). A Systems Model of Spirituality. Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. 49(2), pp. 476-508.
- Wilby, J., Rousseau, D., Midgley, G., Drack, M., Billingham, J., & Zimmermann, R. (2015). Philosophical Foundations for the Modern Systems Movement. In M. Edson, G. Metcalf, G. Chroust, N. Nguyen, & S. Blachfellner (Eds.), Systems Thinking: New Directions in Theory, Practice and Application. Proceedings of the Seventeenth Conversation of the International Federation for Systems Research, April 27 – May 2, 2014, St. Magdalena, Linz (pp. 32-42). Linz, Austria: SEA-Publications, Johannes Kepler University.
- Rousseau, D., (2013). Philosophical Conditions for Sustainable Outcomes to Complex Systemic Interventions. Proceedings of the 57th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, on “Curating the Conditions for a Thrivable Planet: Systemic Leverage Points for Emerging a Global Eco- Civilization”. Hai Phong City Convention Centre, Hai Phong, Viet Nam, 14-19 July 2013.
Ontology (about what exists)
- Rousseau, D., Billingham, J., & Calvo-Amodio, J. (2018). Systemic Semantics: A Systems Approach to Building Ontologies and Concept Maps. Systems, 6(32), 1–24.
- Nahm, M., Rousseau, D., and Greyson, B. (2017). Discrepancy Between Cerebral Structure and Cognitive Functioning: A Review. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 205(12), pp 967–972.
- Rousseau, D., & Billingham, J. (2012). Is there "Ultimate Stuff" and are there "Ultimate Reasons"? The Foundational Questions Institute’s 2012 Essay Competition: Questioning the Foundations. [finalist]. Published at http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/1539
- Rousseau, D. (2015). Anomalous Cognition and the Case for Mind-Body Dualism. In E. C. May & S. B. Marwaha (Eds.), Extrasensory Perception: Support, Skepticism, and Science [2 volumes] (Vol. 2). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger/ABC-CLIO.
- Rousseau, D., (2012). The Implications of Near-Death Experiences for Research into the Survival of Consciousness, Journal of Scientific Exploration, 26(1), pp. 43-80.
- Rousseau, D., (2011). Minds, Souls and Nature: A Systems-Philosophical Analysis of the Mind-Body Relationship in the Light of Near-Death Experiences . (PhD Thesis, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, School of Theology, Religious Studies and Islamic Studies).
- Rousseau, D., (2011). Near-Death Experiences and the Mind-Body Relationship: A Systems-Theoretical Perspective, Journal of Near-Death Studies, 29, pp. 399-435.