Walter F. Buckley Quote

The notion of system we are interested in may be described generally as a complex of elements or components directly or indirectly related in a network of interrelationships of various kinds, such that it constitutes a dynamic whole with emergent properties.


p. 35 as cited in: Kenneth D. Bailey (2006) A Typology of Emergence in Social Systems and Sociocybernetic Theory. - Society: A Complex Adaptive System--Essays in Social Theory, (1998)


The notion of system we are interested in may be described generally as a complex of elements or components directly or indirectly related in a...

The notion of system we are interested in may be described generally as a complex of elements or components directly or indirectly related in a...

The notion of system we are interested in may be described generally as a complex of elements or components directly or indirectly related in a...

The notion of system we are interested in may be described generally as a complex of elements or components directly or indirectly related in a...