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Page 44
... classical physics of the nineteenth century , the aimless play of the atoms , governed by the inexorable laws of causality , produced all phe- nomena in the world , inanimate , living and mental . No room was left for any directiveness ...
... classical physics of the nineteenth century , the aimless play of the atoms , governed by the inexorable laws of causality , produced all phe- nomena in the world , inanimate , living and mental . No room was left for any directiveness ...
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... classical physics , mechanics , electro- dynamics , etc. Even more , the second principle of thermodynamics indicated destruction of order as the general direction of events . It is true that this is different in modern physics . An ...
... classical physics , mechanics , electro- dynamics , etc. Even more , the second principle of thermodynamics indicated destruction of order as the general direction of events . It is true that this is different in modern physics . An ...
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... physics . Consequently , physical reality appeared to be the only one vouch ... classical science or rather which did not enter its considerations . If we ... classical physics , they were considered as illusory or metaphysical . This ...
... physics . Consequently , physical reality appeared to be the only one vouch ... classical science or rather which did not enter its considerations . If we ... classical physics , they were considered as illusory or metaphysical . This ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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