Evolving Hierarchical Systems : : Their Structure and Representation / / Stanley N. Salthe.
Presents metatheory of science from the perspective of a biologist concerned with evolutionary theory.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1985] ©1985 |
| Year of Publication: | 1985 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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