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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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
On the History of Systems Theory | 10 |
Trends in Systems Theory | 17 |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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