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Elements and Relations: Aspects of a Scientific Metaphysics

Elements and Relations: Aspects of a Scientific Metaphysics

Zwick, Martin

Hardcover

Series: Ifsr International Systems Science and Systems Engineering, Book 35

Technology & EngineeringGeneral Mathematics

ISBN10: 3030994023
ISBN13: 9783030994020
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jul 4 2023
Pages: 702
Weight: 2.60
Height: 1.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book develops the core proposition that systems theory is an attempt to construct an exact and scientific metaphysics, a system of general ideas central to science that can be expressed mathematically. Collectively, these ideas would constitute a nonreductionist theory of everything unlike what is being sought in physics. Inherently transdisciplinary, systems theory offers ideas and methods that are relevant to all of the sciences and also to professional fields such as systems engineering, public policy, business, and social work. To demonstrate the generality and importance of the systems project, the book structures its content in three parts: Essay, Notes, and Commentary. The Essay section is a short distillation of systems ideas that illuminate the problems that many types of systems face. Commentary explains systems thinking, its value, and its relation to mainstream scientific knowledge. It shows how systems ideas revise our understanding of science and how they impact our views on religion, politics, and history. Finally, Notes contains all the mathematics in the book, as well as scientific, philosophical, and poetic content that is accessible to readers without a strong mathematical background.

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