General System Theory: Foundations, Development, ApplicationsAn attempt to formulate common laws that apply to virtually every scientific field, this conceptual approach has had a profound impact on such widely diverse disciplines as biology, economics, psychology, and demography. |
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These criteria were derived by Kuhn from a study of the “ classical " revolutions in
physics and chemistry , but they are an excellent description of the changes
brought about by organismic and systems concepts , and elucidate both their
merits ...
These criteria were derived by Kuhn from a study of the “ classical " revolutions in
physics and chemistry , but they are an excellent description of the changes
brought about by organismic and systems concepts , and elucidate both their
merits ...
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Foundations, Development, Applications Ludwig von Bertalanffy. classical
science - first enunciated by Galileo and Descartes - are highly successful in a
wide realm of phenomena . Application of the analytical procedure depends on
two ...
Foundations, Development, Applications Ludwig von Bertalanffy. classical
science - first enunciated by Galileo and Descartes - are highly successful in a
wide realm of phenomena . Application of the analytical procedure depends on
two ...
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As a matter of fact , in the so - called mechanistic world view based upon
classical physics , they were considered as illusory or metaphysical . This means
, for example , to the biologist that just the specific problems of living nature
appeared to ...
As a matter of fact , in the so - called mechanistic world view based upon
classical physics , they were considered as illusory or metaphysical . This means
, for example , to the biologist that just the specific problems of living nature
appeared to ...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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| Title | General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications International library of systems theory and philosophy Penguin University Books |
| Author | Ludwig von Bertalanffy |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Braziller, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0807604534, 9780807604533 |
| Length | 295 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / System Theory |
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