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... equifinality , and it has a significant meaning for the phenomena of biological regulation . Those who are familiar with the history of biology will remember that it was just equifinality that led the German biologist Driesch to embrace ...
... equifinality , and it has a significant meaning for the phenomena of biological regulation . Those who are familiar with the history of biology will remember that it was just equifinality that led the German biologist Driesch to embrace ...
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... equifinality . According to this author , the fact that similar climax formations may develop from different initial vegetations is a striking example of equifinality , and one where the degree of independence of starting conditions and ...
... equifinality . According to this author , the fact that similar climax formations may develop from different initial vegetations is a striking example of equifinality , and one where the degree of independence of starting conditions and ...
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... equifinality . We may therefore stipulate the theorem : A closed system cannot be equifinal with regard to all Q ... For example , in the simplest case of an open chemical system according to equation ( 5.2 ) , concentration at time t ...
... equifinality . We may therefore stipulate the theorem : A closed system cannot be equifinal with regard to all Q ... For example , in the simplest case of an open chemical system according to equation ( 5.2 ) , concentration at time t ...
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The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Science and Society | 51 |
Advances in General System Theory | 89 |
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