Walter F. Buckley Quote

That a system is open means, not simply that it engages in interchanges with the environment, but that this interchange is an essential factor underlying the system's viability, its reproductive ability or continuity, and its ability to change.


p. 50. - Sociology and modern systems theory (1967)


That a system is open means, not simply that it engages in interchanges with the environment, but that this interchange is an essential factor...

That a system is open means, not simply that it engages in interchanges with the environment, but that this interchange is an essential factor...

That a system is open means, not simply that it engages in interchanges with the environment, but that this interchange is an essential factor...

That a system is open means, not simply that it engages in interchanges with the environment, but that this interchange is an essential factor...