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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... human society and a corresponding technology , it would be the way out of the chaos and impending destruction of our present world . This seems to be plausible enough and is , in fact , but a modern version of Plato's precept that only ...
... human society and a corresponding technology , it would be the way out of the chaos and impending destruction of our present world . This seems to be plausible enough and is , in fact , but a modern version of Plato's precept that only ...
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... human behavior is beyond the principles of utility , homeo- stasis and stimulus - response , and that it is just this which is characteristic of human and cultural activities . Such a new look opens new perspectives not only in theory ...
... human behavior is beyond the principles of utility , homeo- stasis and stimulus - response , and that it is just this which is characteristic of human and cultural activities . Such a new look opens new perspectives not only in theory ...
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... human behavior and that of laboratory rats ( and , more important , engineers pattern human behavior after the model of rat behavior ) , to existentialism , for which the human situation is beyond scientific understanding . The variety ...
... human behavior and that of laboratory rats ( and , more important , engineers pattern human behavior after the model of rat behavior ) , to existentialism , for which the human situation is beyond scientific understanding . The variety ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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