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... sense ( G.S.T. ) , try- ing to derive , from a general definition of " system " as a complex of interacting components , concepts characteristic of organized wholes such as interaction , sum , mechanization , centralization ...
... sense ( G.S.T. ) , try- ing to derive , from a general definition of " system " as a complex of interacting components , concepts characteristic of organized wholes such as interaction , sum , mechanization , centralization ...
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... sense - organs and the replacement of the human observer by the recording instrument . Physics , though starting with everyday experience , soon transgresses it by expanding the universe of experience through artificial sense organs ...
... sense - organs and the replacement of the human observer by the recording instrument . Physics , though starting with everyday experience , soon transgresses it by expanding the universe of experience through artificial sense organs ...
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... sense — i.e . , regulation of happenings in the sense of maintenance , production and reproduction of organic wholeness , is a general criterion of life . True purposiveness , however , implies that actions are carried out with ...
... sense — i.e . , regulation of happenings in the sense of maintenance , production and reproduction of organic wholeness , is a general criterion of life . True purposiveness , however , implies that actions are carried out with ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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