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. Concluding Remarks. - 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. 1. Generalities. - 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.
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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. Concluding Remarks. - 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. 1. Generalities. - 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.