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... tion of information picked up in as many fields of enquiry as there is time to survey during a semester or a year .... If you were to overhear several senior students talking , you might hear one of them say “ our professors have ...
... tion of information picked up in as many fields of enquiry as there is time to survey during a semester or a year .... If you were to overhear several senior students talking , you might hear one of them say “ our professors have ...
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... tion which I called " General System Theory . " The idea goes back some considerable time : I presented it first in 1937 in Charles Morris ' philosophy seminar at the University of Chicago . How- ever , at that time theory was in bad ...
... tion which I called " General System Theory . " The idea goes back some considerable time : I presented it first in 1937 in Charles Morris ' philosophy seminar at the University of Chicago . How- ever , at that time theory was in bad ...
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... tion of social to biological concepts , but indicates system principles applying in both fields . ( 6 ) Taking all objections for granted - poor method , errors in fact , the enormous complexity of the historical process - we have ...
... tion of social to biological concepts , but indicates system principles applying in both fields . ( 6 ) Taking all objections for granted - poor method , errors in fact , the enormous complexity of the historical process - we have ...
Contents
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Some System Concepts in Elementary Mathematical | 54 |
Approaches and Aims in Systems Science | 89 |
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