Foundations of Mathematical System Dynamics. The Fundamental Theory of Causal Recursion and Its Application to Social Science and Economics

Content: 
International Federation for Systems Research, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages xi-xii, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 1 - Causal Recursion in Theoretical Physics, Pages 3-12, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 2 - Causal Recursion in Mathematical Dynamics, Pages 13-28, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 3 - The Systematics of Goal-directed Systems, Pages 29-49, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 4 - The Modes of Asymptotic Approach of Goals, Pages 50-81, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 5 - The Variety of Dynamical Systems Generated by a Single Nonlinear Map (An Example), Pages 82-94, ARVID AULIN
Part 2 - Introduction to Simple Applications: Causal Recursion in Population Dynamics and Economic Growth Theory (Measurable Systems), Page 95, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 6 - Verhulstian Ecosystems and the Feigenbaum Bifurcations of their Equilibrium States, Pages 97-118, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 7 - The Role of Self-regulation in Biological Evolution and in Different Ecologies, Pages 119-128, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 8 - The Conditions of Self-steering of Economic Development, Pages 129-161, ARVID AULIN
Part 3 - Introduction to Complex Applications: The Self-steering and Selfregulation of Human Societies as Wholes (Non-measurable Systems), Page 162, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 9 - The Concept of a Self-steering Actor, Pages 163-174, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 10 - Self-regulating Actors and Actor-hierarchies, Pages 175-182, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 11 - The Law of Requisite Hierarchy, Pages 183-188, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 12 - The Cybernetic Concepts of Social Development and Underdevelopment, Pages 189-196, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 13 - The Governability of Human Society, Pages 197-207, ARVID AULIN
Part 4 - Introduction to Historical Illustrations of Self-steering in Different Types of Human Societies, Page 209, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 14 - The Birth of the Western-style Society of Relaxed Hierarchy, Pages 211-224, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 15 - Underdevelopment as Illustrated by Russian Social History from the Ninth to the Nineteenth Centuries, Pages 225-237, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 16 - The Gradual Breakthrough of Modern Western Society in England from the Fourteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries, Pages 238-248, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 17 - The Full-scale Social Revolutions and Their After-effects on the European Continent, Pages 249-258, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 18 - The Self-steering and Steering-from-outside of Man, Pages 261-279, ARVID AULIN
CHAPTER 19 - The Primitive Mind: Anthropological Evidence for the Two-layer Theory and the Conditioning Hypothesis Scrutinized, Pages 280-301, ARVID AULIN
Scientific References, Pages 302-305
APPENDIX - Why Mathematical Foundations Are Important in Science, Pages 306-326
Index: (mathematical concepts: the pages of definition), Pages 327-328