Considering the inconceivable complexity of processes even in a simple cell, it is little short of a miracle that the simplest possible model - namely, a linear equation between two variables - actually applies in quite a general number of… — Ludwig von Bertalanffy Copy Share Image
Thus even supposedly unadulterated facts of observation already are interfused with all sorts of conceptual pictures, model concepts, theories or whatever expression you choose. The choice is not whether to remain in the field of data or to theorize; the… — Ludwig von Bertalanffy Copy Share Image
The fact that a theory so vague, so insufficiently verifiable, and so far from the criteria otherwise applied in 'hard' science has become a… — Ludwig von Bertalanffy Copy Share Image
I think that the fact that a theory so vague, so insufficiently verifiable, and so far from the criteria otherwise applied in "hard" science,… — Ludwig von Bertalanffy Copy Share Image
Progress is only possible by passing from a state of undifferentiated wholeness to differentiation of parts. — Ludwig von Bertalanffy Copy Share Image
Considering the inconceivable complexity of processes even in a simple cell, it is little short of a miracle that the simplest possible model -… — Ludwig von Bertalanffy Copy Share Image
Thus even supposedly unadulterated facts of observation already are interfused with all sorts of conceptual pictures, model concepts, theories or whatever expression you choose.… — Ludwig von Bertalanffy Copy Share Image
It is the 'zoomorphic' or 'rattomorphic' fallacy - the expressed or implicit contention that there is no essential difference between rat and man -… — Ludwig von Bertalanffy Copy Share Image
We are seeking another basic outlook: the world as an organization. This would profoundly change categories of our thinking and influence our practical attitudes.… — Ludwig von Bertalanffy Copy Share Image
People are not machines, but in all situations where they are given the opportunity, they will act like machines. — Ludwig von Bertalanffy Copy Share Image
