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Introduction: The nature of living systems
Author(s) -
Miller James Grier,
Miller Jessie L.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830350301
Subject(s) - living systems , biosocial theory , timer , hierarchy , computer science , epistemology , cognitive science , sociology , psychology , artificial intelligence , social psychology , philosophy , economics , telecommunications , personality , wireless , market economy
Living systems theory (LST) is concerned with eight levels of living systems, each of which is composed of 20 critical subsystems that carry out essential life processes. As a result of a continuous biosocial evolution involving progressive fray‐out of components, the more recently developed levels in this hierarchy have become very complex. A brief summary of LST is presented in this article. Following this is a detailed analysis of current knowledge about the timer, which we have recently included in our list of subsystems.