General System Theory: Foundations, Development, ApplicationsAn attempt to formulate common laws that apply to virtually every scientific field, this conceptual approach has had a profound impact on such widely diverse disciplines as biology, economics, psychology, and demography. |
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... space or time but that they depend on the organization of the perceiving organism . Three - dimensional Euclidean space , where the three rectangular coordinates are equivalent , was always identified with the a priori space of ex ...
... space or time but that they depend on the organization of the perceiving organism . Three - dimensional Euclidean space , where the three rectangular coordinates are equivalent , was always identified with the a priori space of ex ...
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... space . Thus " space , " for the Greeks , is the mè ón , that which is not . Consequently , Apollonian mathematics is a theory of visual- izable magnitudes , culminating in stereometry and geometric construction which , in occidental ...
... space . Thus " space , " for the Greeks , is the mè ón , that which is not . Consequently , Apollonian mathematics is a theory of visual- izable magnitudes , culminating in stereometry and geometric construction which , in occidental ...
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... space and Newtonian time of classical physics , as was noted previously , are not identical with the space and time of direct experience The Relativity of Categories 243.
... space and Newtonian time of classical physics , as was noted previously , are not identical with the space and time of direct experience The Relativity of Categories 243.
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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allometric animals appears applied approach aspects atoms basic Bertalanffy biological catabolism causality cell characteristics chemical classical classical physics closed systems complex components consideration considered constant contrast cultural cybernetics defined differential dynamic elements energy entities entropy equations equifinality equilibrium essentially evolution example existence experience expressed fact feedback fields formulation function game theory growth curves homeostasis homeostatic human behavior important increase individual information theory interaction isomorphic kinetics language laws living organism Lotka Ludwig von Bertalanffy machine mathematical means mechanisms mechanistic mental metabolic rate modern nature nervous system open systems organismic phenomena philosophy physics physiological possible present principle problems processes protein psychology psychophysical quantitative reaction reality regulations relations scheme scientific sense servomechanisms similar so-called sociology specific steady structure symbolic system theory teleology theoretical theory of open thermodynamics tion Unity of Science universe vitalistic weight whole world picture York
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