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... mechanistic and de- terministic 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 de- terministic 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 view , however , problems of whole- ness , dynamic interaction and organization have appeared in the various branches of modern physics . In the Heisenberg relation and quantum physics , it became impossible to resolve ...
... mechanistic view , however , problems of whole- ness , dynamic interaction and organization have appeared in the various branches of modern physics . In the Heisenberg relation and quantum physics , it became impossible to resolve ...
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... mechanistic program ( 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 the ...
... mechanistic program ( 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 the ...
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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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