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... modern version of Plato's precept that only if the rulers are philosophers , humanity will be saved . There is , however , a catch in the argu- ment . We have a fair idea what a scientifically controlled world would look like . In the ...
... modern version of Plato's precept that only if the rulers are philosophers , humanity will be saved . There is , however , a catch in the argu- ment . We have a fair idea what a scientifically controlled world would look like . In the ...
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... modern thought , the sources of which can be found in philosophy as well as in biology . It seems that these connections are not re- alized to the extent they deserve . The general problem posed may be expressed as follows : In how far ...
... modern thought , the sources of which can be found in philosophy as well as in biology . It seems that these connections are not re- alized to the extent they deserve . The general problem posed may be expressed as follows : In how far ...
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... modern developments in 5-6 , 30-31 ; generalized theories in , 32 ; and theory of unorganized complexity , 34 , 93 Physiological clock , 230 Piaget , Jean , 6 , 193 , 194 , 207 , 212 , 221 Picard , E. , 133 Pirozynski , W. J. P. , Pitts ...
... modern developments in 5-6 , 30-31 ; generalized theories in , 32 ; and theory of unorganized complexity , 34 , 93 Physiological clock , 230 Piaget , Jean , 6 , 193 , 194 , 207 , 212 , 221 Picard , E. , 133 Pirozynski , W. J. P. , Pitts ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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