Ervin Laszlo.
Introduction to Systems Philosophy: toward a new paradigm of contemporary thought.
Routledge. 1972
First published in 1972, Introduction to Systems Philosophy presents
Ervin Laszlo’s first comprehensive volume on the subject.
It argues for a systematic and constructive inquiry into natural phenomenon
on the assumption of general order in nature.
Laszlo says systems philosophy reintegrates the concept of
enduring universals with transient processes within a non-bifurcated,
hierarchically differentiated realm of invariant systems,
as the ultimate actualities of self-structuring nature.
He brings themes like the promise of systems philosophy; theory of natural systems;
empirical interpretations of physical, biological, and social systems;
frameworks for philosophy of mind, philosophy of nature, ontology, epistemology,
metaphysics and normative ethics, to showcase the timeliness and necessity of
a return from analytic to synthetic philosophy.
This book is an essential read for any scholar and researcher of philosophy,
philosophy of science and systems theory.
