Notes
- . See Ervin Laszlo, Introduction to Systems Philosophy: Toward a New Paradigm of Contemporary Thought (New York: Gordon & Breach, in press).
- . I am grateful to Ralph W. Burhoe for drawing my attention to this.
- . Even a tentative sampling of the relevant literature would have to include such works as: Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Robots, Men, and Minds: Psychology in the Modern World (New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1967), and General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications (New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1968); Henry Margenau, ed., Integrative Principles of Modern Thought, Current Topics in Contemporary Thought Series, vol. 3 (New York: Gordon & Breach, 1970); Arturo Rosenblueth, Mind and Brain: A Philosophy of Science (Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. Press, 1970); Walter Frederick Buckley, comp., Modern Systems Research for the Behavioral Scientist: A Sourcebook (Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co., 1968); Lancelot Law Whyte et al., eds., Structural Hierarchies: Proceedings (New York: American Elsevier Publishing Co., 1969): Theodosius Dobzhansky, The Biology of Ultimate Concern (New York: New American Library, 1967); Harlow Shapley, Of Stars and Men: The Human Response to an Expanding Universe (Boston: Beacon Press, 1958); William Grey Walter, The Living Brain (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1953); and Arthur Koestler and J. R. Smythies, eds., Beyond Reductionism: New Perspectives in the Life of Sciences (New York: Macmillan Co., 1970).