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Considered in the light of history, our technology and even our society are based
on a physicalistic world picture which found an early synthesis in Kant's work.
Physics is still the paragon of science, the basis of our idea of society and our ...
Considered in the light of history, our technology and even our society are based
on a physicalistic world picture which found an early synthesis in Kant's work.
Physics is still the paragon of science, the basis of our idea of society and our ...
Page 241
to it, and thus the World picture is determined by psychophysical organization.
However, where a paramecium reacts with its phobotactic reaction, the human
observer, though his world outlook is quite different, also actually finds an
obstacle ...
to it, and thus the World picture is determined by psychophysical organization.
However, where a paramecium reacts with its phobotactic reaction, the human
observer, though his world outlook is quite different, also actually finds an
obstacle ...
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In any way, however, this leads to an elimination of the limitations of experience
as imposed by the specifically human psychophysical organization, and, in this
sense, to the deanthropomorphization of the world picture. A second aspect of
this ...
In any way, however, this leads to an elimination of the limitations of experience
as imposed by the specifically human psychophysical organization, and, in this
sense, to the deanthropomorphization of the world picture. A second aspect of
this ...
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Contents
Introduction | 8 |
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 |
| Authors | Ludwig von Bertalanffy, von Bertalanffy (Ludwig) |
| Editor | George Braziller (Nowy Jork). |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | G. Braziller, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0807604534, 9780807604533 |
| Length | 289 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / System Theory |
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