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The study of pathology and living systems theory
Author(s) -
Swanson G. A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
systems research and behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 1092-7026
DOI - 10.1002/sres.712
Subject(s) - living systems , context (archaeology) , pathology , cognitive science , psychology , computer science , medicine , biology , artificial intelligence , paleontology
The study of pathology is informed by living systems theory (LST). The power of LST to inform that study rests not in the volume of its coverage but, rather, in the conceptual location of the definition of pathology vis‐à‐vis the definitions of fundamental ideas. The connectivity of the concepts of pathology, steady state, adjustment processes, critical subsystems, and levels of living systems position pathology among the most basic (and most widely applicable) concepts of LST. Pathology is discussed in the context of those concepts and the connectivity among them. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.