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Systemology is a transdisciplinary field representing the organised body of knowledge about systems. The term "Systemology" was coined in 1973 by the management scientist and systems philosopher Russell Ackoff

Systemology is the aggregate of the components of the systemic transdisciplines. Each systemic transdiscipline is a unified body of knowledge being developed by employing a specific philosophical perspective (e.g. Critical Realism, Constructivism, Holism) to study or interact with systems. Examples of systemic transdisciplines are General Systemology, Second-order Cybernetics, Systems Engineering, Organizational Development and Social Systems Design.

The bodies of knowledge of the systemic transdisciplines are organised according to the general structure of a discipline, i.e. each one has a subject matter, a problematics, a worldview, theories and methods. Consequently, Systemology is organised in the same way, but because it aggregates over all the systemological transdisciplines its content is not internally consistent, e.g. it can include mutually contradictory systems worldviews or inconsistent definitions in the overall discourse domain.