Systems Research Yearbook 1969

The first issue of the 'Systems Research' yearbook launches the series and sets the framework for an interdisciplinary field focused on analyzing complex objects as integral systems. The book combines two major sections: the problems of general systems theory and its logical-mathematical apparatus, and the applications of the systems approach in biology and the modeling of mental activity. The preface emphasizes a focus on identifying specific problems and difficulties rather than hastily constructing a 'unified theory,' and also notes the inclusion of works by foreign authors, reflecting the international nature of the research. The publication aims to systematize concepts and methods for the further development of the systems approach.

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Problems of General Systems Theory and its Logical-Mathematical Apparatus

• Systems Research and General Systems Theory. I.V. Blauberg, V.N. Sadovsky, E.G. Yudin
• General Systems Theory—A Review of Problems and Results. L. von Bertalanffy
• Different Approaches to General Systems Theory. A. Rapoport
• Logical Analysis of the Systems Approach to Objects and Its Place Among Other Research Methods. A.I. Uemov
• Systems Theory as a Theory of Relations. V.N. Kostyuk
• Systems Comparable in Perfection to the Researcher. V.A. Lefebvre
• Structure and Symmetry. N.F. Ovchinnikov
• Probability and the Development of System-Structural Research. Yu.V. Sachkov

The Systems Approach in Biology and in Modeling Mental Activity

• On the Analysis of General and Biological Principles of Self-Organization. M.F. Vedenov, V.I. Kremyansky
• The Degree and Level of Organization in Systems. M.I. Setrov
• Some Conditions for a Quantitative Approach to the Organization of Biological Systems. K.M. Khailov
• 'Consciousness,' 'Self-Consciousness,' and Computers. D.A. Pospelov
• Learning to Think. G. Pask
• Processes of Self-Organization in Small Groups. B.G. Yudin

Authors

• Igor Viktorovich Blauberg — Soviet philosopher and methodologist of science; one of the founders of the 'Philosophy and Methodology of Systems Research' school.
• Vadim Nikolaevich Sadovsky — Soviet and Russian philosopher, Doctor of Philosophy; a key editor and author of the 'Systems Research' yearbook.
• Erik Grigoryevich Yudin — Soviet philosopher and methodologist; co-founder of the systems research school.

• Ludwig von Bertalanffy — Austrian-American biologist; founder of 'General Systems Theory' (GST).
• Anatol Rapoport — Russian-American mathematical psychologist and game theorist; contributed to general systems theory.

• Avenir Ivanovich Uemov — Soviet and Ukrainian philosopher; author of the parametric general theory of systems.
• Vladimir Nikolaevich Kostyuk — philosopher, specialist in logic and methodology of science; researcher at the Institute for Systems Analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISA RAS).
• Vladimir Aleksandrovich Lefebvre — Soviet-American mathematical psychologist; author of the theory of reflexive games.
• Kirill Mikhailovich Khailov — Soviet and Ukrainian biologist-ecologist; developer of the concept of ecological metabolism.
• Dmitry Aleksandrovich Pospelov — Soviet and Russian cyberneticist; one of the leaders of the Soviet school of AI.
• Gordon Pask — British cyberneticist; author of 'Conversation Theory'. Wikipedia
• Boris Grigoryevich Yudin — Soviet and Russian philosopher; specialist in the methodology of science and bioethics.

Literature

Russian-Language Literature

• Blauberg I. V., Sadovsky V. N., Yudin E. G. Sistemny podkhod: predposylki, problemy, trudnosti [The Systems Approach: Prerequisites, Problems, Difficulties]. — Moscow, 1969.
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• Vedenov M. F., Kremyansky V. I. K analizu obshchikh i biologicheskikh printsipov samoorganizatsii [On the Analysis of General and Biological Principles of Self-Organization].
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• Kostyuk V. N. Otsenka prostoty sistem s tochki zreniya printsipa raznoobraziya [Evaluating the Simplicity of Systems from the Viewpoint of the Principle of Variety] // Materialy k simpoziumu po logike nauki [Materials for the Symposium on the Logic of Science]. — Kyiv, 1966.
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• Pask G. Obuchenie myshleniyu [Learning to Think].
• Pospelov D. A. «Soznanie», «samosoznanie» i vychislitel'nye mashiny ['Consciousness,' 'Self-Consciousness,' and Computers].
• Problemy issledovaniya sistem i struktur [Problems of Research on Systems and Structures]. — Moscow, 1965 (collection; according to the text — no publication data).
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• Sadovsky V. N. Metodologicheskie problemy issledovaniya ob'ektov, predstavlyayushchikh soboy sistemy [Methodological Problems in the Study of Objects that Are Systems] // Sotsiologiya v SSSR [Sociology in the USSR]. — Vol. I. — Moscow, 1965.
• Setrov M. I. Stepen' i vysota organizatsii sistem [The Degree and Level of Organization in Systems].
• Strukturnye urovni biosistem. Materialy k konferentsii [Structural Levels of Biosystems. Conference Materials] / Ed. by M. F. Vedenov et al. — Moscow, 1967.
• Uemov A. I. Veshchi, svoystva i otnosheniya [Things, Properties, and Relations]. — Moscow, 1963.
• Uemov A. I. Osnovnye printsipy klassifikatsii sistem [Basic Principles of Systems Classification] // Materialy k simpoziumu po logike nauki [Materials for the Symposium on the Logic of Science]. — Kyiv, 1966.
• Uemov A. I. Problema postroeniya obshchey teorii uproshcheniya nauchnogo znaniya [The Problem of Constructing a General Theory of the Simplification of Scientific Knowledge] // Logika i metodologiya nauki [Logic and Methodology of Science]. — Moscow, 1967.
• Uemov A. I. Sistemy i sistemnye parametry [Systems and System Parameters] // Problemy formal'nogo analiza sistem [Problems of the Formal Analysis of Systems]. — Moscow, 1963.
• Khailov K. M. Nekotorye usloviya kolichestvennogo podkhoda k organizatsii biologicheskikh sistem [Some Conditions for a Quantitative Approach to the Organization of Biological Systems].
• Khinchin A. Ya. Matematicheskie osnovaniya statisticheskoy mekhaniki [Mathematical Foundations of Statistical Mechanics]. — Moscow; Leningrad, 1943.
• Yudin B. G. Protsessy samoorganizatsii v malykh gruppakh [Processes of Self-Organization in Small Groups].

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