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... functions defining a system , i.e. , functions which , after a certain critical value is passed , jump into a new family of differential equations . This means that , having passed a critical state , the system starts off in a new way ...
... functions defining a system , i.e. , functions which , after a certain critical value is passed , jump into a new family of differential equations . This means that , having passed a critical state , the system starts off in a new way ...
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... function of the nervous system there was apparently the alternative of considering it either as a sum of mechanisms for the individual functions , or else as a homo- geneous nervous net . Here , too , the correct conception is that any ...
... function of the nervous system there was apparently the alternative of considering it either as a sum of mechanisms for the individual functions , or else as a homo- geneous nervous net . Here , too , the correct conception is that any ...
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... functions generally progress from a syncretic state where percepts , motivation , feeling , imagery , symbols , concepts , and so forth are an amorphous unity , toward an ever clearer distinction of these functions . In perception the ...
... functions generally progress from a syncretic state where percepts , motivation , feeling , imagery , symbols , concepts , and so forth are an amorphous unity , toward an ever clearer distinction of these functions . In perception the ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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