Quiz Entry - updated: 2026.06.26
What are the core systemic premises (Prämissen) — the starting assumptions of a systemic worldview?
Interdependence and circularity; a focus on interrelationships; the world as complex and multidimensional; and reality as something the observer constructs.
These are the background assumptions you adopt before analysing anything:
- Interdependence & circularity — everything is connected, and effects loop back as causes (feedback), so influence runs in circles, not straight lines.
- Focus on interrelationships — attend to the connections and dynamics, not the isolated elements.
- The world is complex & multidimensional — situations have many interacting factors at once; single-cause explanations are usually too small.
- Reality is a construction — there is no neutral, observer-free world simply "out there" to be read off; we take part in producing what we perceive.
Together they reframe what counts as understanding: not pinning down one cause, but grasping a web of mutual influences and staying aware that your own viewpoint is part of the picture.