!!!Foerster, Heinz von

b. Vienna, Nov. 13, 1911, physicist and philosopher. Studied from 1930 
at Vienna's Technische Hochschule (University of Technology). Also 
developed a strong interest in philosophy, focusing on the ideas of 
the  Vienna Circle. From 1939 dedicated himself to short-wave and 
plasma research in Berlin, returned to Vienna in 1945 and participated 
in establishing the Rot-Weiss-Rot radio station, where he headed the 
science department, and worked in the electrical engineering industry. 
Taught at the University of Illinois (USA) from 1949 to 1976, from 
1951 Professor of Electrical Engineering, and was engaged in in-depth 
studies of cybernetics.

!Works
Observing Systems, 1982; Sicht und Einsicht, 1985; KybernEthik, 
1993; Wissen und Gewissen, 1993; Konstruktivismus und 
Kognitionswissenschaft, 1997; Sicht und Einsicht, 1999.


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