Elements And Relations
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Author | : Martin Zwick |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 711 |
Release | : 2023-08-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3030994031 |
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. Elements and Relations is intended for researchers and students in the systems (complexity) field as well as related fields of social science modeling, systems biology and ecology, and cognitive science. It can be used as a textbook in systems courses at the undergraduate or graduate level and for STEM education. As much of the book does not require a background in mathematics, it is also suitable for general readers in the natural and social sciences as well as in the humanities, especially philosophy.
Author | : John Heil |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 2021-11-11 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1108945422 |
Historically, philosophical discussions of relations have featured chiefly as afterthoughts, loose ends to be addressed only after coming to terms with more important and pressing metaphysical issues. F. H. Bradley stands out as an exception. Understanding Bradley's views on relations and their significance today requires an appreciation of the alternatives, which in turn requires an understanding of how relations have traditionally been classified and how philosophers have struggled to capture their nature and their ontological standing. Positions on these topics range from the rejection of relations altogether, to their being awarded the status as grounds for everything else, to various intermediary positions along this spectrum. Love them, hate them, or merely tolerate them, no philosopher engaged in ontologically serious metaphysics can afford to ignore relations.
Author | : Sarah Kreps |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 2020-08-13 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1108922163 |
The 2016 US election highlighted the potential for foreign governments to employ social media for strategic advantages, but the particular mechanisms through which social media affect international politics are underdeveloped. This Element shows that the populace often seeks to navigate complex issues of foreign policy through social media, which can amplify information and tilt the balance of support on these issues. In this context, the open media environment of a democracy is particularly susceptible to foreign influence whereas the comparatively closed media environment of a non-democracy provides efficient ways for these governments to promote regime survival.
Author | : Herbert B. Enderton |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1977-05-23 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0080570429 |
This is an introductory undergraduate textbook in set theory. In mathematics these days, essentially everything is a set. Some knowledge of set theory is necessary part of the background everyone needs for further study of mathematics. It is also possible to study set theory for its own interest--it is a subject with intruiging results anout simple objects. This book starts with material that nobody can do without. There is no end to what can be learned of set theory, but here is a beginning.
Author | : Euclid |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : |
"The book includes introductions, terminology and biographical notes, bibliography, and an index and glossary" --from book jacket.
Author | : Donald C. Williams |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0198810385 |
Donald C. Williams (1899-1983) was a key figure in the development of analytic philosophy. This book will be the definitive source for his highly original work, which did much to bring metaphysics back into fashion. It presents six classic papers and six previously unpublished, revealing his full philosophical vision for the first time.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Groundwater |
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Author | : Kenneth O, May |
Publisher | : Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 627 |
Release | : 2019-11-13 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0486836576 |
An unusually thoughtful and well-constructed introduction to the serious study of mathematics, this book requires no background beyond high school courses in plane geometry and elementary algebra. From that starting point, it is designed to lead readers willing to work through its exercises and problems to the achievement of basic mathematical literacy. The text provides a fundamental orientation in modern mathematics, an essential vocabulary of mathematical terms, and some facility in the use of mathematical concepts and symbols. From there, readers will be equipped to move on to more serious work, and they'll be well on the way to having the tools essential for work in the physical sciences, engineering, and the biological and social sciences. Starting with elementary treatments of algebra, logic, and set theory, the book advances to explorations of plane analytic geometry, relations and functions, numbers, and calculus. Subsequent chapters discuss probability, statistical inference, and abstract mathematical theories. Each section is enhanced with exercises in the text and problems at the end. Answers to the exercises and some of the problems are included at the end of each section.
Author | : Aristotle |
Publisher | : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks |
Total Pages | : 77 |
Release | : 2021-11-13 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 3986772650 |
On Generation and Corruption Aristotle - On Generation and Corruption, also known as On Coming to Be and Passing Away is a treatise by Aristotle. Like many of his texts, it is both scientific and philosophic (although not necessarily scientific in the modern sense). The philosophy, though, is essentially empirical; as in all Aristotle's works, the deductions made about the unexperienced and unobservable are based on observations and real experiences.
Author | : Scott V. Mize |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Benthic animals |
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