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Evolution, order, and complexity /
Evolution, Order and Complexity reflects topical interest in the relationship between the social and natural worlds. It represents the cutting edge of current thinking which challenges the natural/social dichotomy thesis by showing how the application of ideas which derive from biology can be applie...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1996.
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| Colección: | Routledge frontiers of political economy ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction; Social theory and naturalism: An introduction Elias L. Khalil; Interfacing complexity at a boundary between the natural and social sciences Karl H. Pribram; The autonomy of social reality: On the contribution of systems theory to the theory of society Jean-Pierre Dupuy; Ultra-Darwinian explanation and the biology of social systems Niles Eldredge; The complexity of social and mental structures in nonhuman mammals Hubert Hendrichs; On the social nature of autopoietic systems Milan Zeleny
- Organization, function, and creativity in biological and social systems Vilmos CsnyiHuman society as an emerging global superorganism: A biological perspective Gregory B. Stock and John H. Campbell; Neurological and social bases of dominance in human society Henri Laborit; The propensities of evolving systems Robert E. Ulanowicz; Synergetics as a bridge between the natural and social sciences Hermann Haken; The problem of observables in models of biological organizations Howard H. Pattee; Index