Evolving Hierarchical Systems : : Their Structure and Representation / / Stanley N. Salthe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Salthe, Stanley N.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1985]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 1985
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. An Introduction: Structure and Representation of the World --; 2. The Individual Entity --; 3. Some Basics of Hierarchical Structure --; 4. Representing a Dynamic System Hierarchically: The Basic Triadic System --; 5. Representing a Dynamic System Hierarchically: The Nontransitivity of Effects Across Levels --; 6. The Explicit Elaboration of a Hierarchy of Nature --; 7. Organic Evolution and the Hierarchy of Nature --; 8. Organic Evolution: Its Origin and Hierarchical Structure --; Appendix --; Glossary --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231881890; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/salt91068
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Stanley N. Salthe.

Presents metatheory of science from the perspective of a biologist concerned with evolutionary theory.