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... philosophy of " organic mechanism " was published in 1925. Cannon's work on homeostasis appeared in 1929 and 1932. The organismic con- ception had its great precursor in Claude Bernard , but his work was hardly known outside France ...
... philosophy of " organic mechanism " was published in 1925. Cannon's work on homeostasis appeared in 1929 and 1932. The organismic con- ception had its great precursor in Claude Bernard , but his work was hardly known outside France ...
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... philosophers were clustered , and Kant's philosophy was the culminating synthesis of physical science as it had developed since Galileo and Newton . Pondering Kant's statement , we wonder . Among the things he could have found objects ...
... philosophers were clustered , and Kant's philosophy was the culminating synthesis of physical science as it had developed since Galileo and Newton . Pondering Kant's statement , we wonder . Among the things he could have found objects ...
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... philosophers ( Cassirer , 1953–1957 ; Langer , 1942 ) . It is not found even in leading textbooks of psychology in consequence of the predominant robot philosophy . But it is precisely for symbolic functions that " motives in animals ...
... philosophers ( Cassirer , 1953–1957 ; Langer , 1942 ) . It is not found even in leading textbooks of psychology in consequence of the predominant robot philosophy . But it is precisely for symbolic functions that " motives in animals ...
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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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allometric animal appears applied approach aspects atoms basic Bertalanffy biological CALIFORN catabolism causality cell characteristics chemical classical classical physics closed systems complex components consideration considered constant contrast cultural Cybernetics defined differential dynamic editor elements energy entities entropy equations equifinality equilibrium essentially evolution example existence experience expressed fact feedback fields formulation function game theory growth curves homeostasis important increase individual information theory interaction isomorphic kinetics language laws living organism living systems LOS ANGELES Lotka Ludwig von Bertalanffy machine mathematical means mechanisms mechanistic mental metabolic rate modern nature nervous system open systems organismic phenomena physics physiological possible present principle problems processes protein psychology psychophysical quantitative reaction reality regulation relations robot scientific sense similar so-called sociological specific steady structure symbolic system theory teleology theoretical theory of open thermodynamics tion UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES vitalistic weight whole world picture York