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Page 87
... question of the " ultimate reduction " of the laws of biology ( and the other non - physical realms ) to physics - i.e . , the question whether a hypothetico - deductive system embracing all sciences from physics to biology and ...
... question of the " ultimate reduction " of the laws of biology ( and the other non - physical realms ) to physics - i.e . , the question whether a hypothetico - deductive system embracing all sciences from physics to biology and ...
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... question of constructs in history , as they were presented , in grand form , from Vico to Hegel , Marx , Spengler , and Toynbee . Professional historians re- gard them at best as poetry , at worst as fantasies pressing - with paranoic ...
... question of constructs in history , as they were presented , in grand form , from Vico to Hegel , Marx , Spengler , and Toynbee . Professional historians re- gard them at best as poetry , at worst as fantasies pressing - with paranoic ...
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... question whether or not a limited number of civilizations - some 20 at the best - provide a sufficient and representative sample to establish justified generalizations . This question and that of the value of proposed models will be ...
... question whether or not a limited number of civilizations - some 20 at the best - provide a sufficient and representative sample to establish justified generalizations . This question and that of the value of proposed models will be ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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