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General Systems Theory: A Brief Commentory *
Author(s) -
LEVY RONALD
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
the journal of creative behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.896
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2162-6057
pISSN - 0022-0175
DOI - 10.1002/j.2162-6057.1979.tb00204.x
Subject(s) - creativity , epistemology , set (abstract data type) , universe , general theory , computer science , cognitive science , sociology , psychology , mathematical economics , mathematics , social psychology , philosophy , physics , astrophysics , programming language
* At the broadest level, a general system might be considered as man's interrelationship with the total universe. The general system theorist attempts to describe in an increasingly comprehensive manner man's interrelationship with the vastness of the universe. General systems and creativity relate in the way that each deals with seeing the totality of a situation. Creative problem‐solving processes develop ways of gaining new insights or perspectives as to how seemingly unassociated factors are relevently related to a problem. Similarly, the general system approach attempts to gain the most comprehensive view of a set of circumstances by interrelating them in new and meaningful ways.