General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications |
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... mechanistic stimulus - response ( S - R ) scheme ; conditioning , according to the pattern of animal experiment , appeared as the foundation of human behaviour ; ' meaning ' was to be replaced by conditioned response ; specificity of ...
... mechanistic stimulus - response ( S - R ) scheme ; conditioning , according to the pattern of animal experiment , appeared as the foundation of human behaviour ; ' meaning ' was to be replaced by conditioned response ; specificity of ...
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... mechanistic and deterministic view of nature . This mechanistic conception became firmly established with the demonstration that the universe was based on the operation of anonymous particles moving at random , in a disorderly fashion ...
... mechanistic and deterministic view of nature . This mechanistic conception became firmly established with the demonstration that the universe was based on the operation of anonymous particles moving at random , in a disorderly fashion ...
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... mechanistic programme ( von Bertalanffy , 1949a , 1960 ) . In Lord Russell's book ( 1948 ) , we find a rather astonishing rejection of the ' concept of organism ' . This concept states , according to Russell , that the laws governing ...
... mechanistic programme ( von Bertalanffy , 1949a , 1960 ) . In Lord Russell's book ( 1948 ) , we find a rather astonishing rejection of the ' concept of organism ' . This concept states , according to Russell , that the laws governing ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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