Introduction to Systems Philosophy: Toward a New Paradigm of Contemporary ThoughtFirst Published in 1972, Introduction to Systems Philosophy presents Ervin Laszlo’s first comprehensive volume on the subject. It argues for a systematic and constructive inquiry into natural phenomenon on the assumption of general order in nature. Laszlo says systems philosophy reintegrates the concept of enduring universals with transient processes within a non-bifurcated, hierarchically differentiated realm of invariant systems, as the ultimate actualities of self-structuring nature. He brings themes like the promise of systems philosophy; theory of natural systems; empirical interpretations of physical, biological, and social systems; frameworks for philosophy of mind, philosophy of nature, ontology, epistemology, metaphysics and normative ethics, to showcase the timeliness and necessity of a return from analytic to synthetic philosophy. This book is an essential read for any scholar and researcher of philosophy, philosophy of science and systems theory. |
Contents
METHOD | 7 |
THEORY OF NATURAL SYSTEMS | 4 |
EMPIRICAL INTERPRETATIONS | |
WholenessOrderDefinition of sociocyberneticsAdaptive self | |
THEORY OF COGNITIVE SYSTEMS | |
Intraand intersystemic hierarchies | |
FRAMEWORK FOR A PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE | |
FRAMEWORK FOR A PHILOSOPHY OF MIND | |
FRAMEWORK FOR AN EPISTEMOLOGY | |
FRAMEWORK FOR A PHILOSOPHY OF | |
FRAMEWORK FOR A NORMATIVE ETHICS | |
FRAMEWORK FOR A NEW AGE ETHOS | |
FRAMEWORK FOR A METAPHYSICS | |
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