Treatise on Basic Philosophy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• of Ontology II.
• 1. System.
• 1. Basic Concepts.
• 2. System Representations.
• 3. Basic Assumptions.
• 4. Systemicity.
• 5. Concluding Remarks.
• 2. Chemism.
• 1. Chemical System.
• 2. Biochemical System.
• 3. Life.
• 1. From Chemism to Life.
• 2. Biofunction.
• 3. Evolution.
• 4. Concluding Remarks.
• 4. Mind.
• 1. Central Nervous System.
• 2. Brain States.
• 3. Sensation to Valuation.
• 4. Recall to Knowledge.
• 5. Self to Society.
• 6. Concluding Remarks.
• 5. Society.
• 1. Human Society.
• 2. Social Subsystems and Supersystems.
• 3. Economy, Culture, and Polity.
• 4. Social Structure.
• 5. Social Change.
• 6. A Systemic World View.
• 6.1. A World of Systems.
• 6.2. System Genera.
• 6.3. Novelty Sources.
• 6.4. Emergence.
• 6.5. Systemism Supersedes Atomism and Holism.
• 6.6. Synopsis.
• Appendix A. System models.
• 1. Input-Output Models.
• 1.1. The Black Box.
• 1.2. Connecting Black Boxes.
• 1.3. Control System.
• 1.4. Stability and Breakdown.
• 2. Grey Box Models.
• 2.1. Generalities.
• 2.2. Deterministic Automata.
• 2.3. Probabilistic Automata.
• 2.4. Information Systems.
• Appendix B. Change models.
• 1 Kinematical Models.
• 1.1. Global Kinematics.
• 1.2. Analytical Kinematics.
• 1.3. Balance Equations.
• 1.4. Lagrangian Framework.
• 1.5. Kinematical Analogy.
• 2. Dynamical Models.
• 2.2. Formalities.
• 2.3. The Pervasiveness of Cooperation and Competition.
• 2.4. The Dynamics of Competitive-Cooperative Processes.
• 3. Qualitative Change Models.
• 3.1. Kinematical: Birth and Death Operators.
• 3.2. Dynamical: Random Hits.
• Index of Names.
• Index of Subjects.