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Circularity:

This principle we may derive from Maturana's emphasis on structure-determinism, and on the circularity and recursiveness of all organizationally closed systems. This moves us away from simplistic linear cause-effect sequences and towards the generation and appreciation of complexity and autonomy. Thus the elaboration of the original complaint-complainants network of conversations is conducted by many family therapists using a method of 'circular questioning'.

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