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... reason that such systems are not permitted as " Ashby machines " is patent . Self - differentiating systems that evolve toward higher complexity ( decreasing entropy ) are , for thermodynamic reasons , possible only as open systems ...
... reason that such systems are not permitted as " Ashby machines " is patent . Self - differentiating systems that evolve toward higher complexity ( decreasing entropy ) are , for thermodynamic reasons , possible only as open systems ...
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... reason the world is governed . Reading newspapers or listen- ing to the radio readily shows that this applies perhaps even more to the 20th than the 17th century . Methodologically , this leads to a remarkable conclusion . If one of the ...
... reason the world is governed . Reading newspapers or listen- ing to the radio readily shows that this applies perhaps even more to the 20th than the 17th century . Methodologically , this leads to a remarkable conclusion . If one of the ...
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... reason why our mental repre- sentation of the universe always mirrors only certain aspects or perspectives of reality . Our thinking , at least in occidental but possibly in any human language , is essentially in terms of op- posites ...
... reason why our mental repre- sentation of the universe always mirrors only certain aspects or perspectives of reality . Our thinking , at least in occidental but possibly in any human language , is essentially in terms of op- posites ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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