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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... symbolic universes , material and non - material , which distinguish human cultures from animal societies , are part , and easily the most important part , of man's behavior system . It can be justly questioned whether man is a rational ...
... symbolic universes , material and non - material , which distinguish human cultures from animal societies , are part , and easily the most important part , of man's behavior system . It can be justly questioned whether man is a rational ...
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... symbolic functions . " Disturbances in schizophrenia are essentially also at the symbolic level and able to take many different forms : Loosening of associational structure , breakdown of the ego boundary , speech and thought ...
... symbolic functions . " Disturbances in schizophrenia are essentially also at the symbolic level and able to take many different forms : Loosening of associational structure , breakdown of the ego boundary , speech and thought ...
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... symbolic systems we apply . These symbolic systems are largely determined by linguistic factors , the structure of the language applied . Technical language , including the symbolism of mathematics , is , in the last resort , an ...
... symbolic systems we apply . These symbolic systems are largely determined by linguistic factors , the structure of the language applied . Technical language , including the symbolism of mathematics , is , in the last resort , an ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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