2014, during the 10th Brazilian Congress of systems, conducted by CORS - USP, after a selection carried out by an editorial committee, composed of researchers from several countries. The purpose of it was to provide recognition to an important systemic research work developed within the highest ethical and methodological standards as advocated C. West Churchman. Publications Churchman wrote some 15 books and edited another 9 books: 1938, Towards a General Logic of Propositions, Ph.D. Dissertation. 1940, Elements of Logic and Formal Science, J.B. Lippincott Co., New York. 1940, Euclid Vindicated of Every Blemish, Translator, Saccheri's. 1946, Psychologistics, with Russell L. Ackoff. 1948, Theory of Experimental Inference, Macmillan Publishers, New York. 1950, Methods of Inquiry: Introduction to Philosophy and Scientific Method, with Russell L. Ackoff, Educational Publications, St. Louis, Missouri, Missouri. 1956, Costs, Utilities, and Values, Sections I and II. 1957, Introduction to Operations Research, with Russell L. Ackoff & E.L. Arnoff, J. Wiley and Sons, New York. 1960, Prediction and Optimal Decision, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. 1968, Challenge to Reason, McGraw-Hill, New York. 1968/1979, The Systems Approach, Delacorte Press, New York. 1971, The Design of Inquiring Systems, Basic Concepts of Systems and Organizations, Basic Books, New York. 1975, Thinking for Decisions: Deductive Quantitative Methods, Science Research Associates, Chicago, Illinois. 1979, The Systems Approach and Its Enemies, Basic Books, New York. 1982, Thought and Wisdom; The Gaither Lectures, Intersystems Publications, Seaside, California. Books edited by C. West Churchman. 1947, Measurement of Consumer Interest, ed. with Russell L. Ackoff, and M. Wax. 1959, Measurement: Definitions and Theories, ed. with P. Ratoosh. 1959, Experience and Reflection by Edgar A. Singer, Jr., ed. 1960, Management Sciences, ed. with M. Verhulst. 1975, Systems and Management Annual 1975, ed. 1976, Design Methods and Theories, ed. 1976, World Modelling: A Dialogue, ed. with R.O. Mason. 1984, Natural Resources Administration: Introducing a New Methodology for Management Development, ed. with A.H. Rosenthal, and S.H. Smith. 1989, The Well-Being of Organizations, ed. 2011, The Permanent Revolution in Science. Richard L. Schanck and C. West Churchman, (Reissue of 1954 book). New York, Philosophical Library, Introduction by C. West Churchman. See also Boundary critique Co-design Formal science Debora Hammond Werner Ulrich Kristo Ivanov Umeå University Ludwig von Bertalanffy Wicked problem References External links Appreciation of Churchman by Werner Ulrich includes obituary from the San Francisco Chronicle. Biography of C. West Churchman from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management