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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... Experienced time is not Newtonian . Far from flowing uniformly ( aequilabiliter fluit , as Newton has it ) , it depends on ... experience is paralleled by a corresponding increase of the frequency of the a - waves in the brain ( Hoagland ...
... Experienced time is not Newtonian . Far from flowing uniformly ( aequilabiliter fluit , as Newton has it ) , it depends on ... experience is paralleled by a corresponding increase of the frequency of the a - waves in the brain ( Hoagland ...
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... experience . Physics neces- sarily starts with the sensory experience of the eye , the ear , the thermal sense , etc. , and thus builds up fields like optics , acoustics , theory of heat , which correspond to the realms of sensory ...
... experience . Physics neces- sarily starts with the sensory experience of the eye , the ear , the thermal sense , etc. , and thus builds up fields like optics , acoustics , theory of heat , which correspond to the realms of sensory ...
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... experience as imposed by the specifically human psychophysical organization , and , in this sense , to the de- anthropomorphization of the world picture . A second aspect of this development is what is called the con- vergence of ...
... experience as imposed by the specifically human psychophysical organization , and , in this sense , to the de- anthropomorphization of the world picture . A second aspect of this development is what is called the con- vergence of ...
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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