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082			_a003.1 _bBER
100			_aBertalanffy, Ludwig Von _960286
245			_aGeneral system theory : foundations, development, applications
260			_aNew York _bGeorge Braziller _c1969
300			_axxxvi,295p.
505			_aCONTENTS Foreword by Wolfgang Hofkirchner and David Rousseau xi Preface to the Revised Edition xxiii Preface to the First Edition xxxi Acknowledgements xxxv 1 Introduction 3 Systems Everywhere On the History of Systems Theory Trends in Systems Theory 2 The Meaning of General System Theory 30 The Quest for a General System Theory Aims of General System Theory Closed and Open Systems: Limitations of Conventional Physics Information and Entropy Causality and Teleology What Is Organization? General System Theory and the Unity of Science General System Theory in Education: The Production of Scientific Generalists Science and Society Ultimate Precept: Man as the Individual 3 Some System Concepts in Elementary Mathematical Consideration 54 The System Concept Growth Competition Wholeness, Sum, Mechanization, Centralization Finality Types of Finality Isomorphism in Science The Unity of Science 4 Advances in General System Theory 87 Approaches and Aims in Systems Science Methods in General Systems Research Advances of General System Theory 5 The Organism Considered as Physical System 120 The Organism as Open System General Characteristics of Open Chemical Systems Equifinality Biological Applications 6 The Model of Open System 139 The Living Machine and Its Limitations Some Characteristics of Open Systems Open Systems in Biology Open Systems and Cybernetics Unsolved Problems Conclusion 7 Some Aspects of System Theory in Biology 155 Open Systems and Steady States Feedback and Homeostasis Allometry and the Surface Rule Theory of Animal Growth Summary 8 The System Concept in the Sciences of Man 186 The Organismic Revolution The Image of Man in Contemporary Thought System-Theoretical Re-orientation Systems in the Social Sciences A System-Theoretical Concept of History The Future in System-Theoretical Aspect 9 General System Theory in Psychology and Psychiatry 205 The Quandary of Modern Psychology System Concepts in Psychopathology Conclusion 10 The Relativity of Categories 222 The Whorfian Hypothesis The Biological Relativity of Categories The Cultural Relativity of Categories The Perspectivistic View Notes Appendix I: Notes on Developments in Mathematical System Theory 251 Appendix II: The Meaning and Unity of Science 257 References 260 Suggestions for Further Reading 281 Index 285
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