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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... cultural system ( Buckley , 1967 ) . The course of events in our times suggests a similar conception in history , including the consideration that , after all , history is sociology in the making or in " longitudinal ” study . It is the ...
... cultural system ( Buckley , 1967 ) . The course of events in our times suggests a similar conception in history , including the consideration that , after all , history is sociology in the making or in " longitudinal ” study . It is the ...
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... cultures , it appears to be a fact that there was a limited number of cultural entities bearing the historical process , each presenting a sort of life cycle as indeed smaller socio - cultural systems such as businesses , schools in art ...
... cultures , it appears to be a fact that there was a limited number of cultural entities bearing the historical process , each presenting a sort of life cycle as indeed smaller socio - cultural systems such as businesses , schools in art ...
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... cultural his- tory to anthropology , biological evolution , geological history , and finally astronomical history of the universe . Again , the same con- trast is manifest in the conception of the mind . Static Greek psy- chology ...
... cultural his- tory to anthropology , biological evolution , geological history , and finally astronomical history of the universe . Again , the same con- trast is manifest in the conception of the mind . Static Greek psy- chology ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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