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... laws of physical disciplines , such as mechanics or optics ; to laws of great generality , such as the principles of thermo- dynamics that apply to systems of intrinsically different nature , mechanic , caloric , chemical or whatever ...
... laws of physical disciplines , such as mechanics or optics ; to laws of great generality , such as the principles of thermo- dynamics that apply to systems of intrinsically different nature , mechanic , caloric , chemical or whatever ...
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... laws are formally identical . Such homologies are of considerable importance as conceptual models in science . They are frequently applied in physics . Examples are the consideration of heat flow as a flow of a heat substance , the ...
... laws are formally identical . Such homologies are of considerable importance as conceptual models in science . They are frequently applied in physics . Examples are the consideration of heat flow as a flow of a heat substance , the ...
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... laws progressively revealed in science . Are there laws of history ? In view of the fact that laws are relations in a conceptual model or theory , this question is identical with another one : apart from description of happenings , is a ...
... laws progressively revealed in science . Are there laws of history ? In view of the fact that laws are relations in a conceptual model or theory , this question is identical with another one : apart from description of happenings , is a ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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