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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In contrast to this mechanistic view , however , problems of wholeness , dynamic
interaction and organization have appeared in the various branches of modern
physics . In the Heisenberg relation and quantum physics , it became impossible
...
In contrast to this mechanistic view , however , problems of wholeness , dynamic
interaction and organization have appeared in the various branches of modern
physics . In the Heisenberg relation and quantum physics , it became impossible
...
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In the modern view , science does not make metaphysical statements , whether of
the materialistic , idealistic , or positivistic sense - data variety . It is a conceptual
construct to reproduce limited aspects of experience in their formal structure .
In the modern view , science does not make metaphysical statements , whether of
the materialistic , idealistic , or positivistic sense - data variety . It is a conceptual
construct to reproduce limited aspects of experience in their formal structure .
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The modern evolutionist , guided by the theory of random mutation and selection
, does not see that an organism is obviously more than a heap of hereditary
characteristics or genes shuffled together by accident . The mechanistic physicist
did ...
The modern evolutionist , guided by the theory of random mutation and selection
, does not see that an organism is obviously more than a heap of hereditary
characteristics or genes shuffled together by accident . The mechanistic physicist
did ...
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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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