Kommunikation, Koordination und soziales System

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This work explores the interplay between politics, law, and societal cohesion, beginning with an introduction that sets the stage for the discussion. The first chapter delves into Niklas Luhmann's concept of the evolution of social systems, detailing its subject and methodology. The second chapter critiques the explanatory power of Luhmann's evolutionary framework, addressing aspects like internal selection, structural coupling, and the nature of information. The third chapter examines how information arises within cognitive systems, referencing the map-territory distinction, radical constructivism, and Jean Piaget's genetic epistemology, while questioning the social constitution of knowledge. The fourth chapter focuses on communication systems as solutions to social coordination challenges, framing the coordination of actions as an information problem and highlighting how communication fosters trust and cooperation. The fifth chapter presents an evolutionary perspective on the emergence of information in social systems, proposing a theoretical synthesis and discussing pragmatic evolutionary concepts, alongside implications for ongoing debates about evolution and legislation. The work concludes with a summary, a detailed bibliography, and additional backmatter, encapsulating the intricate relationship between evolution, information, and social structures.