| Foreword |
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| Preface to the Revised Edition |
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| Preface to the First Edition |
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| Acknowledgements |
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On the History of Systems Theory |
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2 The Meaning of General System Theory |
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The Quest for a General System Theory |
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Aims of General System Theory |
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36 | (3) |
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Closed and Open Systems: Limitations of Conventional Physics |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (3) |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (2) |
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General System Theory and the Unity of Science |
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48 | (1) |
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General System Theory in Education: The Production of Scientific Generalists |
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49 | (5) |
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51 | (1) |
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Ultimate Precept: Man as the Individual |
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52 | (2) |
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3 Some System Concepts in Elementary Mathematical Consideration |
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54 | (33) |
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54 | (6) |
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60 | (3) |
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63 | (3) |
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Wholeness, Sum, Mechanization, Centralization |
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66 | (9) |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (3) |
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80 | (6) |
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86 | (1) |
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4 Advances in General System Theory |
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Approaches and Aims in Systems Science |
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87 | (7) |
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Methods in General Systems Research |
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94 | (5) |
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Advances of General System Theory |
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99 | (21) |
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5 The Organism Considered as Physical System |
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The Organism as Open System |
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120 | (4) |
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General Characteristics of Open Chemical Systems |
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124 | (7) |
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131 | (3) |
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134 | (5) |
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6 The Model of Open System |
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The Living Machine and Its Limitations |
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Some Characteristics of Open Systems |
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141 | (4) |
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145 | (4) |
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Open Systems and Cybernetics |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (2) |
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7 Some Aspects of System Theory in Biology |
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Open Systems and Steady States |
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156 | (4) |
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160 | (3) |
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Allometry and the Surface Rule |
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163 | (8) |
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171 | (13) |
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184 | (2) |
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8 The System Concept in the Sciences of Man |
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186 | (19) |
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The Organismic Revolution |
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186 | (2) |
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The Image of Man in Contemporary Thought |
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188 | (4) |
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System-Theoretical Re-orientation |
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192 | (2) |
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Systems in the Social Sciences |
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194 | (3) |
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A System-Theoretical Concept of History |
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197 | (6) |
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The Future in System-Theoretical Aspect |
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203 | (2) |
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9 General System Theory in Psychology and Psychiatry |
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The Quandary of Modern Psychology |
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205 | (3) |
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System Concepts in Psychopathology |
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208 | (12) |
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220 | (2) |
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10 The Relativity of Categories |
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The Biological Relativity of Categories |
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227 | (5) |
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The Cultural Relativity of Categories |
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232 | (7) |
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239 | (9) |
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248 | (3) |
| Appendix I Notes on Developments in Mathematical System Theory |
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251 | (6) |
| Appendix II The Meaning and Unity of Science |
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257 | (3) |
| References |
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260 | (21) |
| Suggestions for Further Reading |
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281 | (4) |
| Index |
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