It assumes that every man has reason and that every man can use it. It requires a common language and a common stock of ideas. The Civilization of the Dialogue requires communication. It is, therefore, the only civilization we can hope for, because the world must unite or be blown to bits. Preface The Civilization of the Dialogue is the only civilization worth having and the only civilization in which the whole world can unite. TABLES 1.1 Contrasting Views on the Social Implications of Systems Theory 1.2 A Spectrum of Systems Approaches 4.1 Two Strands of Feedback Thought in the Social Sciences 7.1 The Twenty Critical Subsystems of a Living System 8.1 Kenneth Boulding’s Nine System Levels 9.1 Past Presidents of SGSR/ISSS PART III: EVOLUTION AND EVALUATION 9 The Society for General Systems Research: Establishment and Development Epilogue Bibliography IndexįIGURES 4.1 Sources of the Feedback Concept 5.1 Robert Park on Human Ecology 8.1 Kenneth Boulding’s Feedback Model 8.2 The Intervening Variable 1916) 8 Kenneth Boulding (1910–1993): Economics, Ecology, and Peace PART II: THE FOUNDERS OF GENERAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH 6 Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901–1972): General Systems Theory 7 The Chicago Behavioral Science Committee Ralph Gerard (1900–1974) Anatol Rapoport (b. PART I: THE SOURCES OF SYSTEMS THINKING The Science of Life: Organization in Living Systems Engineering, Management, and the Military-Industrial Complex Cybernetics and Information Theory: Feedback and Homeostasis Ecology and Social Theory: Structure, Function, and Evolution List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments Prologue: The Quest for Peace in a Nuclear World 1 The Behavioral Sciences in Postwar America International Society for the Systems Sciences. Includes bibliographical references and index. ANSI Z39.48-1992 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hammond, Debora, 1951– The science of synthesis : exploring the social implications of general systems theory / Debora Hammond. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ![]() ![]() The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado. ![]() © 2003 by the University Press of Colorado Published by the University Press of Colorado 5589 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 206C Boulder, Colorado 80303 All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America The University Press of Colorado is a proud member of the Association of American University Presses. The Science of Synthesis Exploring the Social Implications of General Systems Theory Exploring the Social Implications of General Systems Theory
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