objective systems / neural networks / technological and ecological systems / chemical components / important conceptual tool / software modules / information processing function / scientific applications / social systems / soft metal / mathematical tools / considered systems / imperfect tool / cybernetic systems / network clustering algorithms / poisonous gas / physical systems / adaptive network / natural law / adaptive systems / energy / /
Organization
University of Stellenbosch ABSTRACT / Philosophy Department / /
Person
Ludwig von Bertalanffy / /
Position
philosopher-scientist / able tackle / General Systems Theory / biologist / General Systems Theory This / /
to apperar in: J. Bogg and R. Geyer (editors[removed]), Complexity, Science and Society, (Radcliffe, Oxford) Complexity and Philosophy Francis HEYLIGHEN1, Paul CILLIERS2, Carlos GERSHENSON1 1 Evolution, Complexity and Cogn