Systems thinking Quote by Rich Jolly

“Reductionism in the physical sciences has been challenged by the principle of emergence. The whole system acquires qualitatively new properties that cannot be predicted…

— Michael S. Gazzaniga

System theorists know that it's easy to couple simple-to-understand systems into a "super system" that's capable of displaying behavioral modes that cannot be seen…

— John L. Casti

“diverse, connected, interdependent entities whose behavior is determined by rules, which may adapt, but need not. The interactions of these entities often produce phenomena…

— Scott E. Page

“Because of their composite nature, complex systems can exhibit catastrophic behavior.”

— Per Bak

“It becomes complex if things do interact, particularly in the case of “nonlinear” interaction.”

— Pearl Zhu

“Emergence: A phenomenon where an interaction among objects at one level generates new types of objects at another level. The emergent characteristic requires a…

— Rich Jolly

A system is a set of things people, cells, molecules, or whatever interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of…

— Donella Meadows

Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions.

— James F. Cooper

The relations that define a system as a unity, and determine the dynamics of interaction and transformations which it may undergo as such a…

— Francisco Varela

Systems, scientific or philosophic, come and go. Each method of limited understanding is at length exhausted. In its prime each system is a triumphant…

— Alfred North Whitehead

This spontaneous emergence of order at critical points of instability, which is often referred to simply as "emergence," is one of the hallmarks of…

— Fritjof Capra

Emergent properties result from interactions between individual parts, so it follows that a top down analytical approach that begins with the whole and dissects…

— Manuel De Landa