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Page 49
... Scientific Generalists After this sketchy outline of the meaning and aims of general system theory , let me try to answer the question of what it may contribute to integrative education . In order not to appear partisan , I give a few ...
... Scientific Generalists After this sketchy outline of the meaning and aims of general system theory , let me try to answer the question of what it may contribute to integrative education . In order not to appear partisan , I give a few ...
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... scientific , it makes the absolutism of former periods appear a dilettantish and comparatively harmless make- shift . Scientific control of society is no highway to Utopia . The Ultimate Precept : Man as the Individual We may , however ...
... scientific , it makes the absolutism of former periods appear a dilettantish and comparatively harmless make- shift . Scientific control of society is no highway to Utopia . The Ultimate Precept : Man as the Individual We may , however ...
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... scientific thought is that there is no unique and all - embracing " world system . " All scientific constructs are models representing certain aspects or perspectives of reality . This even applies to theoretical physics : far from ...
... scientific thought is that there is no unique and all - embracing " world system . " All scientific constructs are models representing certain aspects or perspectives of reality . This even applies to theoretical physics : far from ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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