On Purposeful Systems : an Interdisciplinary Analysis of Individual and Social Behavior as a System of Purposeful Events / Fred Emery, Fred E. Emery, with a new introduction by Brent D. Ruben.
"This book provides an innovative foundation for looking at human and social behavior u as a system of purposeful (teleological) events. It uses a systems theoretical approach for the study of these phenomena, and illustrates and extends general systems theory. Part One develops the concepts of...
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