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Ludwig von Bertalanffy A Pioneer of General Systems Theory (1901 (1901 - 1972) 1972) Aamod Kore Ishita Ray Revathy Sivasankaran Vienna, Austria St Steady St State Th The ch charact cteristic c of life does not lie in a

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Ludwig von Bertalanffy

A Pioneer of General Systems Theory

(1901 (1901 - 1972) 1972)

Aamod Kore Ishita Ray Revathy Sivasankaran

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Vienna, Austria

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St Steady St State

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“Th The ch charact cteristic c of life does not lie in a distinctiveness of

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ingle le lif life pr processes, but but rat athe her in n a a certai ain n order among all the processes.”

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Systems Approach to Biology

Organismic Conception to Biology

General Systems Theory

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Re Reduct ctioni nism vs Wholene ness

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Bertalanffy Equation for Growth

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“Independently of each other, similar problems and conceptions have evolved in widely different fields.”

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Jacques Monod

1910 - 1976

Lofti Zadeh

1921 - 2017

“What I consider sterile is the attitude of Bertalanffy, saying that all analytical science and biology doesn’t get interesting results; let’s talk in terms of general systems theory … there cannot be any [such] thing, or, if it existed, it would be meaningless.” “ … the work of Bertalannfy, motivated primarily by problems arising in the study of biological systems, is much more empirical and qualitative than the work of those who received their training in exact sciences.”

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