03406nam a22005895i 4500 978-3-031-51116-5 DE-He213 20251030112050.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240521s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031511165 978-3-031-51116-5 10.1007/978-3-031-51116-5 doi QH331 HP bicssc PS bicssc SCI075000 bisacsh QD thema PS thema Lennox, James Bryan. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 77117 Robert Rosen and Relational System Theory: An Overview [electronic resource] / by James Bryan Lennox. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. X, 148 p. 84 illus., 12 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Anticipation Science, 2522-0403 ; 8 Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Category Theory -- 3. The Modeling Relation in Science -- 4. Relational Models -- 5. Simple Systems and Complex Systems -- 6. Anticipatory Systems -- 7. (M, R) – Systems -- 8. The Realization Problem -- Appendix: J. S. Hofmeyr’s (F, A) – Systems -- Bibliography. This book focuses on Robert Rosen’s contributions to relational system theory, which is the science of organization and function. This science was originally developed by Nicolas Rashevsky, and further developed by Rashevsky’s student Robert Rosen, and continues to be developed by Rosen’s student A. H. Louie amongst others. Due to its revolutionary character, it is often misunderstood, and to some, controversial. The formal and conceptual setting for Rosen’s relational system theory is category theory. Rosen was the first to apply category theory to scientific problems, outside of pure mathematics, and the first to think about science from the point of view of category theory. To better understand the work of Rosen, this book provides an overview of his theory of modeling, complexity, anticipation, and organism. It presents the foundations of this science and the philosophical motivations behind it along with conceptual clarification and historical context in order to present Rosen’s ideas to a wider audience. Biology Philosophy. 69633 Mathematical logic. 66195 Biological models. Philosophy. 66189 Philosophy of Biology. 69635 Mathematical Logic and Foundations. 66198 Biological Models. Philosophy. 66189 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031511158 Printed edition: 9783031511172 Printed edition: 9783031511189 Anticipation Science, 2522-0403 ; 8 77118 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51116-5 ZDB-2-REP ZDB-2-SXPR 59988 59988