Debora Hammond (2003) The Science of Synthesis

Merton 行動科学 科学社会学 システム理論


The Science of Synthesis: Exploring the Social Implications of General Systems Theory

The Science of Synthesis: Exploring the Social Implications of General Systems Theory

  • 作者:Deborah Hammond
  • 出版社/メーカー: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
  • 発売日: 2003/06/01
  • メディア: ハードカバー

  • Preface xi
  • Acknowledgments xvii
  • Prologue: The Quest for Peace in a Nuclear World 1
  • 1 The Behavioral Sciences in Postwar America 5
    • THE SOCIETY FOR GENERAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH
    • CRITIQUE AND RESPONSE
    • HISTORICAL ROOTS OF SYSTEMS THINKING
    • DEFINING THE GENERAL-SYSTEMS APPROACH
    • THE FOUNDERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR GENERAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH
    • EVALUATING THE HERITAGE OF GENERAL-SYSTEMS THOUGHT

PART I: THE SOURCES OF SYSTEMS THINKING

  • 2 The Science of Life: Organization in Living Systems 31
  • 3 Engineering, Management, and the Military-Industrial Complex 49
  • 4 Cybernetics and Information Theory: Feedback and Homeostasis 63
  • 5 Ecology and Social Theory: Structure, Function, and Evolution 77

PART II: THE FOUNDERS OF GENERAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH

  • 6 Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901–1972): General Systems Theory 103
  • 7 The Chicago Behavioral Science Committee 143
    • Ralph Gerard (1900–1974) 145
    • Anatol Rapoport (b. 1911) 153
    • James Grier Miller (b. 1916) 164
  • 8 Kenneth Boulding (1910–1993): Economics, Ecology, and Peace 197

PART III: EVOLUTION AND EVALUATION

  • 9 The Society for General Systems Research: Establishment and Development 245
  • Epilogue 269
  • Bibliography 279

引用

Part 1 of this study offers a brief overview of specific developments contributing to the evolution of general-systems thought, in the fields of

  • organismic biology and gestalt psychology (Chapter 2),
  • engineering and management (Chapter 3),
  • cybernetics and information theory (Chapter 4), and
  • ecology and social theory (Chapter 5).

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The Behavioral Sciences in Postwar America

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