Open peer commentary on the article “Second-Order Cybernetics as a Fundamental Revolution in Science” by Stuart A. Umpleby. Upshot: This commentary looks at the parallel developments in contiguous fields that include and encourage multiple viewpoints and the validity of multiple positions. I contend that necessity will overcome the resistance to disturbing the status quo of power structures when the stakes become high enough.

This book deals with all the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, with which the author shows himself to be thoroughly familiar. It contains a host of interesting and useful observations on Aquinas and his forerunners concerning the ordering of the sciences. The thesis is a loose one.