Towards complex holism

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-430

  Fan, Dongping ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Causal view; Complex holism; Complex systems; Holism; Reductionism

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL VIEW; CO-EVOLUTIONARY; COMPLEX HOLISM; HOLISM; REDUCTIONISM;

FORMAL LOGIC; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

COPYRIGHTS;

EID: 35448968707     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.838     Document Type: Conference Paper

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