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Page 98
... physics , and eventually should be reduced to concepts and entities of the physical level . Owing to developments in physics itself , the physicalistic and reductionist theses became problematic , and indeed appeared as metaphysical ...
... physics , and eventually should be reduced to concepts and entities of the physical level . Owing to developments in physics itself , the physicalistic and reductionist theses became problematic , and indeed appeared as metaphysical ...
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... physics would have been different . But in a similar way , as we have discovered , by means of suitable apparatus ... physics , in its consummate state , does not contain anything human any more , and the corresponding thing would be ...
... physics would have been different . But in a similar way , as we have discovered , by means of suitable apparatus ... physics , in its consummate state , does not contain anything human any more , and the corresponding thing would be ...
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... physics . Our main concern , probably determined by the grammar of Indo - European language , is with measurable qualities , isolable units , and the like . Our physics neglects the so - called primary qualities ; they come in only ...
... physics . Our main concern , probably determined by the grammar of Indo - European language , is with measurable qualities , isolable units , and the like . Our physics neglects the so - called primary qualities ; they come in only ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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