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... classical physics , mechanics , electro- dynamics , etc. Even more , the second principle of thermodynamics indicated destruction of order as the general direction of events . It is true that this is different in modern physics . An ...
... classical physics , mechanics , electro- dynamics , etc. Even more , the second principle of thermodynamics indicated destruction of order as the general direction of events . It is true that this is different in modern physics . An ...
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... physics . Consequently , physical reality appeared to be the only one vouch ... classical science or rather which did not enter its considerations . If we ... classical physics , they were considered as illusory or metaphysical . This ...
... physics . Consequently , physical reality appeared to be the only one vouch ... classical science or rather which did not enter its considerations . If we ... classical physics , they were considered as illusory or metaphysical . This ...
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... physics are not a metaphysical reality behind observation ; they are an ex- pansion of what we observe with our ... classical physics , only the primary qualities such as mass , impenetrability , extension , etc. , are left which ...
... physics are not a metaphysical reality behind observation ; they are an ex- pansion of what we observe with our ... classical physics , only the primary qualities such as mass , impenetrability , extension , etc. , are left which ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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