Dealing with a Differentiated Whole: The Philosophy of the WSR Approach

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-57

  Zhu, Zhichang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese philosophy; Comparative systems studies; Confucianism; East and West; Methodological pluralism; Systems engineering; Systems methodology; Systems philosophy; Wuli, shili, renli

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034399775     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009519505326     Document Type: Article

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