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... follow which in part are expressed in laws well known in various fields of science , and in part concern concepts previously regarded as anthropomorphic , vitalistic or metaphysical . The parallelism of general conceptions or even ...
... follow which in part are expressed in laws well known in various fields of science , and in part concern concepts previously regarded as anthropomorphic , vitalistic or metaphysical . The parallelism of general conceptions or even ...
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... follow the allometric equation . Application of the latter offers a quantitative measure of social organization and development , apt to replace the usual , intuitive judgements ( Naroll and Bertalanffy , 1956 ) . The same principle ...
... follow the allometric equation . Application of the latter offers a quantitative measure of social organization and development , apt to replace the usual , intuitive judgements ( Naroll and Bertalanffy , 1956 ) . The same principle ...
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... follow the law of mass action . This being the case , it is clear that reactions even in simple organismic systems cannot be written in a closed system of equations ; this is possible only for isolated partial systems . It is , however ...
... follow the law of mass action . This being the case , it is clear that reactions even in simple organismic systems cannot be written in a closed system of equations ; this is possible only for isolated partial systems . It is , however ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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