Accounting for System-Wide Patterns of Conceptual Systems in the Modeling of Conceptual Knowledge

Abstract

Abstract—This paper discusses the problem of applying the “Unit–Function–Object” system–object approach to conceptual systems. The results of a comparative analysis of the material systems are presented, i.e., phenomena (systems phenomena) and conceptual systems, i.e., classes (system–classes). A universal definition of the “system” concept has been developed that consider both types of systems. Variants of the formal description of the system class are proposed using the apparatus of calculus of objects and descriptive logic. It is shown that a number of known system-wide laws apply to material systems, i.e., systems–phenomena as well as conceptual systems, i.e., system–classes. The presented results substantiate the possibility of including system–classes on par with systems–phenomena in the theory of systems based on the system–object approach. In addition, the results make it possible to improve the existing and create new classification systems, which are an important type of conceptual model of conceptual knowledge, as conceptual models that take system-wide regularities into account become models that reflect the systemic nature of actual reality.