General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications |
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... mechanistic stimulus - response ( S - R ) scheme ; conditioning , according to the pattern of animal experiment , appeared as the foundation of human behavior ; " meaning " was to be replaced by conditioned response ; specificity of ...
... mechanistic stimulus - response ( S - R ) scheme ; conditioning , according to the pattern of animal experiment , appeared as the foundation of human behavior ; " meaning " was to be replaced by conditioned response ; specificity of ...
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... mechanistic and de- terministic view of nature . This mechanistic conception became firmly established with the demonstration that the universe was based on the operation of anonymous particles moving at random , in a disorderly fashion ...
... mechanistic and de- terministic view of nature . This mechanistic conception became firmly established with the demonstration that the universe was based on the operation of anonymous particles moving at random , in a disorderly fashion ...
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... mechanistic view , however , problems of whole- ness , dynamic interaction and organization have appeared in the various branches of modern physics . In the Heisenberg relation and quantum physics , it became impossible to resolve ...
... mechanistic view , however , problems of whole- ness , dynamic interaction and organization have appeared in the various branches of modern physics . In the Heisenberg relation and quantum physics , it became impossible to resolve ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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