Aim Quote by Herbert Simon

That is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space, time point.

— Edward Tufte

When the number of factors coming into play in a phenomenological complex is too large scientific method in most cases fails. One need only…

— Albert Einstein

Order is a necessary condition for making a structure function. A physical mechanism, be it a team of laborers, the body of an animal,…

— Rudolf Arnheim

In economics, it is easier to agree on the data than to agree on causality.

— Moshe Vardi

That is, a system starts with a group of interrelated propositions which involve reference to empirical observations within the logical framework of the propositions…

— Talcott Parsons

Furthermore, order is a necessary condition for making a structure function. A physical mechanism, be it a team of laborers, the body of an…

— Rudolf Arnheim

It is common error to infer that things which are consecutive in order of time have necessarily the relation of cause and effect.

— Jacob Bigelow

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

“Causality = Correlation + Assumptions”

— J.N. Berkemeijer

To give a causal explanation of an event means to deduce a statement which describes it, using as premises of the deduction one or…

— Karl Popper

“Systems reside in a nested structure; that is, each component in a system is a system in itself. And every system we are modeling…

— Rich Jolly

It is the theory that decides what can be observed.

— Albert Einstein