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Seeks to represent the order in nature by discriminating a hierarchical system and defining the logical boundaries of the concepts inherent in this system (such as time, causality, complexity, partitioning, scale, and polarity). This book describes the principles of hierarchical structure.

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Preface An Introduction: Structure and Representation of the World The Individual Entity Some Basics of Hierarchical Structure Representing a Dynamic System Hierarchically: The Basic Triadic System Representing a Dynamic System Hierarchically: The Nontransivity of Effects Across Levels The Explicit Elaboration of a Hierarchy of Nature Organic Evolution and the Hierarchy of Nature Organic Evolution: Its Origin and Hierarchy Structure Appendix Glossary References Index

Evolving Hierarchical Systems

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      Publisher Columbia University Press
      Published 21 October 1985
      ISBN-13 9780231060165
      978-0231060165

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Seeks to represent the order in nature by discriminating a hierarchical system and defining the logical boundaries of the concepts inherent in this system (such as time, causality, complexity, partitioning, scale, and polarity). This book describes the principles of hierarchical structure.

      Table of Contents
      Preface An Introduction: Structure and Representation of the World The Individual Entity Some Basics of Hierarchical Structure Representing a Dynamic System Hierarchically: The Basic Triadic System Representing a Dynamic System Hierarchically: The Nontransivity of Effects Across Levels The Explicit Elaboration of a Hierarchy of Nature Organic Evolution and the Hierarchy of Nature Organic Evolution: Its Origin and Hierarchy Structure Appendix Glossary References Index

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