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An Outline of General System Theory

Resource type
Journal Article
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Title
An Outline of General System Theory
Abstract
A survey of the history of science shows that very similar conceptions have been developed independently in various branches of science. At present, for example, holistic interpretations are prevalent in all fields whereas in the past atomistic explanations were common. Such considerations lead to the postulation of General System Theory which is a logico-mathematical discipline applicable to all sciences concerned with systems. The fact that certain principles have general applicability to systems explains the occurrence of isomorphic laws in different scientific fields. Just as Aristotelian logic was a fundamental organon for the classificatory sciences of antiquity, so may General System Theory define the general principles of dynamic interaction which appears as the central problem of modern science. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Publication
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Volume
1
Issue
2
Pages
134-165
Date
1950
ISSN
0007-0882
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07/01/2021, 06:36
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JSTOR
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Publisher: [Oxford University Press, The British Society for the Philosophy of Science]
Citation
von Bertalanffy, L. (1950). An Outline of General System Theory. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 1(2), 134–165. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/I.2.134