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... regulations where the whole is reestablished from the parts in equifinal processes . It can be shown that the primary regulations in organic systems , i.e. , those which are most fundamental and primitive in em- bryonic development as ...
... regulations where the whole is reestablished from the parts in equifinal processes . It can be shown that the primary regulations in organic systems , i.e. , those which are most fundamental and primitive in em- bryonic development as ...
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... regulations and phenomena of homeostasis , as recently emphasized by cybernetics ( Frank et al . , 1948 ; Wiener , 1948 ) . ( iii ) There is , however , yet another basis for organic regulations . This is equifinality - i.e. , the fact ...
... regulations and phenomena of homeostasis , as recently emphasized by cybernetics ( Frank et al . , 1948 ; Wiener , 1948 ) . ( iii ) There is , however , yet another basis for organic regulations . This is equifinality - i.e. , the fact ...
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... regulations , i.e. , regulations based on structural ar- rangements in the wide sense of the word . Since , however , the structures of the organism are maintained in metabolism and exchange of components , ' primary ' regulations must ...
... regulations , i.e. , regulations based on structural ar- rangements in the wide sense of the word . Since , however , the structures of the organism are maintained in metabolism and exchange of components , ' primary ' regulations must ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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