General systems theory and cybernetics are deterministic…

With the subsequent strong support from cybernetics , the concepts of systems thinking and systems theory became integral parts of the established scientific language,…

— Fritjof Capra

“Family systems theory offers therapists an invaluable way of understanding their clients’ strengths and problems—clarifying the familial rules, roles, myths, communication patterns, and boundary…

— Edward Teyber

Before the 1940s the terms "system" and "systems thinking" had been used by several scientists, but it was Bertalanffy's concepts of an open system…

— Fritjof Capra

A cardinal principle in systems theory is that all parties that have a stake in a system should be represented in its management.

— Malcolm Knowles

“Note how the basic principles of Tomkins’ systems theory, “coassembly” and “amplification,” are taken to increasing levels of reflexive complexity here. Affect not only…

— Sianne Ngai

“systems theory or, as some people might call it, complexity theory? The simplest explanation is that it is the study of interactions.”

— Rich Jolly

A second possible approach to general systems theory is through the arrangement of theoretical systems and constructs in a hierarchy of complexity, roughly corresponding…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

General Systems Theory is a name which has come into use to describe a level of theoretical model-building which lies somewhere between the highly…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

Modern dynamical systems theory has a relatively short history. It begins with Poincare (of course)... [to whom] a global understanding of the gross behavior…

— Robert L. Devaney

“The transpersonal experiences revealing the Earth as an intelligent, conscious entity are corroborated by scientific evidence. Gregory Bateson, who created a brilliant synthesis of…

— Stanislav Grof

“The four main assessments we use are the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the Workplace Personality Inventory, the Team Dimensions Profile, and Stratified Systems Theory.33…

— Ray Dalio

“Whereas traditional reductionism sought to find the commonality underlying diversity in reference to a shared substance, such as material atoms, contemporary systems theory seeks…

— Ervin Laszlo

In the Germany of the l920s, the Weimar Republic, both orga­nismic biology and Gestalt psychology were part of a larger intellectual trend that saw…

— Fritjof Capra

General Systems Theory, a related modern concept [to holism], says that each variable in any system interacts with the other variables so thoroughly that…

— Marilyn Ferguson

“What I have said about the newspapers and the movies applies equally to the radio, to television, and even to bookselling. Thus we are…

— Norbert Wiener