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... phenomena and bringing teleological phenomena - previously tabooed - into the range of scientifically legitimate problems ; but it did not yield an all - embracing ex- planation or grand ' world view ' , being an extension rather than a ...
... phenomena and bringing teleological phenomena - previously tabooed - into the range of scientifically legitimate problems ; but it did not yield an all - embracing ex- planation or grand ' world view ' , being an extension rather than a ...
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... phenomena . Only in view of these aspects will system laws apply . This is not different from the general procedure in science . It is the same situation as when the law of gravitation applies to Newton's apple , the planetary system ...
... phenomena . Only in view of these aspects will system laws apply . This is not different from the general procedure in science . It is the same situation as when the law of gravitation applies to Newton's apple , the planetary system ...
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... phenomena . The principles discussed should , however , provide a general frame or scheme within which quantitative theories of specific life phenomena should be pos- sible . In other terms , theories of individual biological phenomena ...
... phenomena . The principles discussed should , however , provide a general frame or scheme within which quantitative theories of specific life phenomena should be pos- sible . In other terms , theories of individual biological phenomena ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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