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... schizophrenia is similar . DIFFERENTIATION V " Differentiation is transformation from a more general and homeogeneous to a more special and heterogeneous condition " ( Conklin after Cowdry , 1955 , p . 12 ) . " Wherever development ...
... schizophrenia is similar . DIFFERENTIATION V " Differentiation is transformation from a more general and homeogeneous to a more special and heterogeneous condition " ( Conklin after Cowdry , 1955 , p . 12 ) . " Wherever development ...
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... schizophrenia , all these primitive states may reappear by way of regression and in bizarre manifes- tations ; bizarre because there are arbitrary combinations of archaic elements among themselves and with more sophisticated thought ...
... schizophrenia , all these primitive states may reappear by way of regression and in bizarre manifes- tations ; bizarre because there are arbitrary combinations of archaic elements among themselves and with more sophisticated thought ...
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... schizophrenic lives " in a shell , " much in the way animals live in the " soap bubbles " of their organization- bound worlds ( Schiller , 1957 ) . In contrast to the animal's limited “ ambient , " man is " open to the world " or has a ...
... schizophrenic lives " in a shell , " much in the way animals live in the " soap bubbles " of their organization- bound worlds ( Schiller , 1957 ) . In contrast to the animal's limited “ ambient , " man is " open to the world " or has a ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Some System Concepts in Elementary Mathematical | 54 |
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