General System Theory: Foundations, Development, ApplicationsAn attempt to formulate common laws that apply to virtually every scientific field, this conceptual approach has had a profound impact on such widely diverse disciplines as biology, economics, psychology, and demography. |
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... cultural system ( Buckley , 1967 ) . The course of events in our times suggests a similar conception in history , including the consideration that , after all , history is sociology in the making or in " longitudinal " study . It is the ...
... cultural system ( Buckley , 1967 ) . The course of events in our times suggests a similar conception in history , including the consideration that , after all , history is sociology in the making or in " longitudinal " study . It is the ...
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... cultural systems Symbolic systems DESCRIPTION AND EXAMPLES Flame , cells and organisms in general " Plant - like " organisms : Increasing differentiation of system ( so - called “ divi- sion of labor " in the organism ) ; distinction of ...
... cultural systems Symbolic systems DESCRIPTION AND EXAMPLES Flame , cells and organisms in general " Plant - like " organisms : Increasing differentiation of system ( so - called “ divi- sion of labor " in the organism ) ; distinction of ...
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... cultural his- tory to anthropology , biological evolution , geological history , and finally astronomical history of the universe . Again , the same con- trast is manifest in the conception of the mind . Static Greek psy- chology ...
... cultural his- tory to anthropology , biological evolution , geological history , and finally astronomical history of the universe . Again , the same con- trast is manifest in the conception of the mind . Static Greek psy- chology ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Some System Concepts in Elementary Mathematical | 54 |
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allometric animals appears applied approach aspects atoms basic Bertalanffy biological catabolism causality cell characteristics chemical classical classical physics closed systems complex components consideration considered constant contrast cultural cybernetics defined differential dynamic elements energy entities entropy equations equifinality equilibrium essentially evolution example existence experience expressed fact feedback fields formulation function game theory growth curves homeostasis homeostatic human behavior important increase individual information theory interaction isomorphic kinetics language laws living organism Lotka Ludwig von Bertalanffy machine mathematical means mechanisms mechanistic mental metabolic rate modern nature nervous system open systems organismic phenomena philosophy physics physiological possible present principle problems processes protein psychology psychophysical quantitative reaction reality regulations relations scheme scientific sense servomechanisms similar so-called sociology specific steady structure symbolic system theory teleology theoretical theory of open thermodynamics tion Unity of Science universe vitalistic weight whole world picture York
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