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Beyond Reductionism (7)
Open systems
Weiss mentions here his use of escape clauses as "to all intents
and purposes", "relatively bounded", "relatively constant", "essential" in relation to the issue of the non-existence of wholly autonomous, tightly bounded, systems of any order of magnitude and complexity.…
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Added by Martin Euser on April 30, 2011 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment
Beyond Reductionism (5)
Weiss, part three
Reductionism and holism
Weiss next tries to define basic criteria that mark a complex of parts for designation as a system. First, however, he talks about the controversy in biology between "reductionism" and "holism". The former finds its advocates in the field of "molecular biology". The latter term can be used to imply a deliberate “self-limitation of…
Added by Martin Euser on April 25, 2011 at 8:23am — 1 Comment
Beyond Reductionism (4)
Weiss, part two
From analysis to synthesis
By looking from single objects to their interrelations with others,
one reverses his direction from analysis to synthesis. By doing this,
one discovers simple rules which describe the interrelations between…
Added by Martin Euser on April 24, 2011 at 5:00pm — No Comments
Beyond Reductionism (3)
The living system: determinism stratified
Paul A. Weiss*
Rockefeller University, New York
A summary of Weiss's main points, as far as relevant to the purpose of this blog, follows.
Emphasis is largely mine. This is a long article, from which I retain the headings of the…
Added by Martin Euser on April 23, 2011 at 9:30pm — No Comments
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