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... factors ranging from gestalt dynamics and learning processes to linguistic and cultural factors largely determining what we actually ' see ' or perceive . Thus the distinction between ' real ' objects and systems as given in obser ...
... factors ranging from gestalt dynamics and learning processes to linguistic and cultural factors largely determining what we actually ' see ' or perceive . Thus the distinction between ' real ' objects and systems as given in obser ...
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... factors . As already mentioned , the Whorfian thesis of the dependence of categories on linguistic factors is part of a general conception of cultural relativism which has developed in the past fifty years ; although even this is not ...
... factors . As already mentioned , the Whorfian thesis of the dependence of categories on linguistic factors is part of a general conception of cultural relativism which has developed in the past fifty years ; although even this is not ...
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... factors , and secondly , on cultural factors . A suitable formulation perhaps can be given in the following way . Our perception is essentially determined by our specifically human , psychophysical organization . This is essentially von ...
... factors , and secondly , on cultural factors . A suitable formulation perhaps can be given in the following way . Our perception is essentially determined by our specifically human , psychophysical organization . This is essentially von ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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