General system theory : foundations, development, applications (Record no. 54486)
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| fixed length control field | 02847 a2200169 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780807600153 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 003.1 |
| Item number | BER |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bertalanffy, Ludwig Von |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | General system theory : foundations, development, applications |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | George Braziller |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1969 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxxvi,295p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | CONTENTS<br/>Foreword by Wolfgang Hofkirchner and David Rousseau xi<br/>Preface to the Revised Edition xxiii<br/>Preface to the First Edition xxxi<br/>Acknowledgements xxxv<br/>1 Introduction 3<br/>Systems Everywhere<br/>On the History of Systems Theory<br/>Trends in Systems Theory<br/>2 The Meaning of General System Theory 30<br/>The Quest for a General System Theory<br/>Aims of General System Theory<br/>Closed and Open Systems: Limitations of Conventional Physics<br/>Information and Entropy<br/>Causality and Teleology<br/>What Is Organization?<br/>General System Theory and the Unity of Science<br/>General System Theory in Education: The Production of Scientific Generalists<br/>Science and Society<br/>Ultimate Precept: Man as the Individual<br/>3 Some System Concepts in Elementary Mathematical Consideration 54<br/>The System Concept<br/>Growth<br/>Competition<br/>Wholeness, Sum, Mechanization, Centralization<br/>Finality<br/>Types of Finality<br/>Isomorphism in Science<br/>The Unity of Science<br/>4 Advances in General System Theory 87<br/>Approaches and Aims in Systems Science<br/>Methods in General Systems Research<br/>Advances of General System Theory<br/>5 The Organism Considered as Physical System 120<br/>The Organism as Open System<br/>General Characteristics of Open Chemical Systems<br/>Equifinality<br/>Biological Applications<br/>6 The Model of Open System 139<br/>The Living Machine and Its Limitations<br/>Some Characteristics of Open Systems<br/>Open Systems in Biology<br/>Open Systems and Cybernetics<br/>Unsolved Problems<br/>Conclusion<br/>7 Some Aspects of System Theory in Biology 155<br/>Open Systems and Steady States<br/>Feedback and Homeostasis<br/>Allometry and the Surface Rule<br/>Theory of Animal Growth<br/>Summary<br/>8 The System Concept in the Sciences of Man 186<br/>The Organismic Revolution<br/>The Image of Man in Contemporary Thought<br/>System-Theoretical Re-orientation<br/>Systems in the Social Sciences<br/>A System-Theoretical Concept of History<br/>The Future in System-Theoretical Aspect<br/>9 General System Theory in Psychology and Psychiatry 205<br/>The Quandary of Modern Psychology<br/>System Concepts in Psychopathology<br/>Conclusion<br/>10 The Relativity of Categories 222<br/>The Whorfian Hypothesis<br/>The Biological Relativity of Categories<br/>The Cultural Relativity of Categories<br/>The Perspectivistic View<br/>Notes<br/>Appendix I: Notes on Developments in Mathematical System Theory 251<br/>Appendix II: The Meaning and Unity of Science 257<br/>References 260<br/>Suggestions for Further Reading 281<br/>Index 285 |
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| Country | USA |
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| Topic | FD |
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