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... contrast , open systems may attain , under certain conditions , a time - independent state which is called a steady state , Fliessgleichgewicht , using a term which I introduced some twenty years ago . In the steady state , the ...
... contrast , open systems may attain , under certain conditions , a time - independent state which is called a steady state , Fliessgleichgewicht , using a term which I introduced some twenty years ago . In the steady state , the ...
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... contrast to our yes - or - no logic , would arise . Thus we come to a view which may be called perspectivism ( cf. von Bertalanffy , 1953b ) . In contrast to the " reductionist " thesis that physical theory is the only one to which all ...
... contrast to our yes - or - no logic , would arise . Thus we come to a view which may be called perspectivism ( cf. von Bertalanffy , 1953b ) . In contrast to the " reductionist " thesis that physical theory is the only one to which all ...
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... contrast to hereditary mutations which occur only over a long period of time . Secondly , physical trial - and - error , largely characteristic of animal behavior , is replaced by mental experimentation - i.e . , one with conceptual ...
... contrast to hereditary mutations which occur only over a long period of time . Secondly , physical trial - and - error , largely characteristic of animal behavior , is replaced by mental experimentation - i.e . , one with conceptual ...
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Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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