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... teleology have long been associated with a mysterious , self - perfecting or goal - seeking capacity or final cause ... teleological operations for a strictly mechanistic and de- terministic view of nature . This mechanistic conception ...
... teleology have long been associated with a mysterious , self - perfecting or goal - seeking capacity or final cause ... teleological operations for a strictly mechanistic and de- terministic view of nature . This mechanistic conception ...
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... . At first , systems - biological , Causality and Teleology Another point I would like to mention is the change the scientific world picture has undergone in the past few decades 44 GENERAL SYSTEM THEORY ✓ Causality and Teleology.
... . At first , systems - biological , Causality and Teleology Another point I would like to mention is the change the scientific world picture has undergone in the past few decades 44 GENERAL SYSTEM THEORY ✓ Causality and Teleology.
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... teleology or goal - directedness as " proof " for vitalism . For with respect to animate rather than to inanimate nature , we tend to compare finalistic processes with human foresight of the goal ; while , in fact , we are dealing with ...
... teleology or goal - directedness as " proof " for vitalism . For with respect to animate rather than to inanimate nature , we tend to compare finalistic processes with human foresight of the goal ; while , in fact , we are dealing with ...
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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