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# Systems Research Yearbook 1973

The materials in the 1973 yearbook "Systems Research" are centered around the distinction between the systems approach and general systems theory: the former is presented as a set of methodological principles for studying holistic objects, while the latter is a claim to a general scientific theory. This volume combines reflections on the development of systems ideas in previous years, discusses methods for constructing a general theory, and features a separate, substantively powerful section on the applicability of the systems approach to the study of science. A key theme is the connection of systems research with the philosophy and history of science, with an emphasis on methodological rigor.

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## Methodological Problems of the Systems Approach

- The Systems Approach as a Subject of Historico-Scientific Reflection. I.V. Blauberg
- The History and Status of General Systems Theory. L. von Bertalanffy
- The Methodological Nature of the Systems Approach. E.G. Yudin
- Mechanisms of System Integrity Formation. A.A. Malinovsky
- Cybernetics and Systems Theory. M.G. Gaaze-Rapoport
- Systemness as a Stage of Scientific Cognition. V.P. Kuzmin
- Systemic Representations in the Functional Approach. B.G. Yudin

## Methods for Constructing a General Systems Theory

- Problems of General Systems Theory as a Metatheory. V.N. Sadovsky
- Methods for Constructing and Developing General Systems Theory. A.I. Uemov
- The Principle of Mathematical Isomorphism in General Systems Theory. A. Rapoport
- The Topological Structure of General Systemic Mathematical Models. J. V. Cornacchio

## The Systems Approach and the Study of Science

- The Systems Approach in the Study of Science (Methodological Remarks). E.M. Mirsky
- On the Question of Understanding Science as a System of Cognitive Activities. G. Laitko
- On the Problem of Viewing Science as a System. V.G. Gorokhov
- The Concept of a System as a Methodological Tool. A.A. Ignatiev
- Towards Constructing a Language for Describing Systems. Yu.A. Shreider

## Systems Theory and the Special Sciences

- On the Evolution of Theoretical Thinking in Biology: From Monocentrism to Polycentrism. K.M. Khailov
- The Connection Between the Structure and Origin of Control Systems. A.A. Lyapunov
- A Systems Approach to Morphology (Based on the Morphology of J.W. von Goethe). A. Bednarchik

## Authors

- **Igor Viktorovich Blauberg** — philosopher and methodologist of systems research.
- **Erik Grigorievich Yudin** — philosopher; methodology of the systems approach.
- **Vadim Nikolaevich Sadovsky** — philosopher; history and status of general systems theory.
- **Avenir Ivanovich Uemov** — creator of the parametric GST (General Systems Theory).
- **Yuri Abramovich Shreider** — mathematician and cyberneticist; methodology of modeling complex systems.
- **Kirill Mikhailovich Khailov** — biologist-ecologist; general systemic principles in ecology.
- **Alexey Andreevich Lyapunov** — mathematician and cyberneticist; systems approach and cybernetics.
- **Alexander Alexandrovich Malinovsky** — biologist and philosopher; systemness in biology.
- **Modest Georgievich Gaaze-Rapoport** — cyberneticist; models of integrity and AI.
- **Ludwig von Bertalanffy** — founder of GST.
- **Anatol Rapoport** — game theorist; general systems theory.
- **Vitaly Georgievich Gorokhov** — philosopher of science and technology; systemic representations in design.