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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... factors ranging from gestalt dynamics and learning processes to linguistic and cultural factors largely determining what we actually " see " or perceive . Thus the distinction between " real " objects and systems as given in obser ...
... factors ranging from gestalt dynamics and learning processes to linguistic and cultural factors largely determining what we actually " see " or perceive . Thus the distinction between " real " objects and systems as given in obser ...
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... factors . As already mentioned , the Whorfian thesis of the dependence of categories on linguistic factors is part of a general conception of cultural relativism which has developed in the past 50 years ; although even this is not quite ...
... factors . As already mentioned , the Whorfian thesis of the dependence of categories on linguistic factors is part of a general conception of cultural relativism which has developed in the past 50 years ; although even this is not quite ...
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... factors , and secondly , on cultural factors . A suitable formulation perhaps can be given in the following way . Our perception is essentially determined by our specifically human , psychophysical organization . This is essentially von ...
... factors , and secondly , on cultural factors . A suitable formulation perhaps can be given in the following way . Our perception is essentially determined by our specifically human , psychophysical organization . This is essentially von ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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