2 Systems Science

DOI: 10.1201/9781003449935-2

A primary source of systems science is Mobus [1]. The principles of systems science are generally at a higher level of abstraction. Therefore, their use in associated disciplines must be derived.

Mobus [1] defines systems science as

a science that crosses borders to address whole relational systems would be a metascience, “meta” being Greek for “beyond”. When we call systems science, the idea is not that systems science is literally beyond science, but it deliberately goes beyond the boundaries of any particular science to include them all. Such systems science would not know physics are chemistry better than physicists or chemists, but since it studies the complex systemic relationships that ...

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