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Cybernetics, e.g., proved its impact not only in technology but in basic sciences,
yielding models for concrete phenomena and bringing teleological phenomena
—previously tabooed— into the range of scientifically legitimate problems; but it ...
Cybernetics, e.g., proved its impact not only in technology but in basic sciences,
yielding models for concrete phenomena and bringing teleological phenomena
—previously tabooed— into the range of scientifically legitimate problems; but it ...
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Naturally, such a general consideration does not give an explanation for
particular life phenomena. The principles discussed should, however, provide a
general frame or scheme within which quantitative theories of specific life
phenomena ...
Naturally, such a general consideration does not give an explanation for
particular life phenomena. The principles discussed should, however, provide a
general frame or scheme within which quantitative theories of specific life
phenomena ...
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Works like Rapoport's Fights, Games, Debates (1960) and Boulding's Conflict
and Defence (1962) present detailed analyses of phenomena such as armament
races, war and war games, competition in the economic and other fields, treated
...
Works like Rapoport's Fights, Games, Debates (1960) and Boulding's Conflict
and Defence (1962) present detailed analyses of phenomena such as armament
races, war and war games, competition in the economic and other fields, treated
...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Some System Concepts in Elementary Mathematical | 54 |
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