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... philosophical aspects . The concept of " system " constitutes a new " paradigm , " in Thomas Kuhn's phrase , or as the present writer ( 1967 ) put it , a " new philosophy of nature , " con- trasting the " blind laws of nature " of the ...
... philosophical aspects . The concept of " system " constitutes a new " paradigm , " in Thomas Kuhn's phrase , or as the present writer ( 1967 ) put it , a " new philosophy of nature , " con- trasting the " blind laws of nature " of the ...
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... philosophy of " organic mechanism " was published in 1925. Cannon's work on homeostasis appeared in 1929 and 1932. The organismic con- ception had its great precursor in Claude Bernard , but his work was hardly known outside France ...
... philosophy of " organic mechanism " was published in 1925. Cannon's work on homeostasis appeared in 1929 and 1932. The organismic con- ception had its great precursor in Claude Bernard , but his work was hardly known outside France ...
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... PHILOSOPHY Edited by Ervin Laszlo THE SYSTEMS VIEW OF THE WORLD , The Natural Philosophy of the New development in the Sciences by Ervin Laszlo GENERAL SYSTEM THEORY Foundations - Development - Applications by Ludwig von Bertalanffy ...
... PHILOSOPHY Edited by Ervin Laszlo THE SYSTEMS VIEW OF THE WORLD , The Natural Philosophy of the New development in the Sciences by Ervin Laszlo GENERAL SYSTEM THEORY Foundations - Development - Applications by Ludwig von Bertalanffy ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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