The Emergence of Abstract Sciences and Transdisciplinary Advances: Developments in Systems, Man, and Cybernetics

Transdisciplinary studies in systems, man, and cybernetics (SMC) are an advanced approach to generate new knowledge and novel perceptions on persistent challenges and emerging technologies across the edges of traditional disciplines. An unprecedented phenomenon in science history in the past decade is the emergence of abstract sciences (ASs) as a counterpart of classic concrete sciences (CSs). It leads to a new perception of SMC as well as its transdisciplinary foundations and the impacts on classic sciences and engineering disciplines. This article presents the emergence of AS underpinned by SMC and denotational mathematics (DMs). It explores the transdisciplinary theories of system science, cognitive cybernetic foundations of ASs, and hybrid human-machine societies driven by the fast development of artificial intelligence (AI), intelligence science, and knowledge science as well as their engineering applications.