systems theory
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Mathematical psychologist Anatol Rapoport, a founder of general systems theory, once used an amusing baseball anecdote to illustrate knowledge certainty.
From Washington Times
Later, reading systems theory, she concluded that it took two to create a violent relationship, so there must have been something in their dynamic as a couple.
From The New Yorker
Later still, she read feminist critiques of systems theory and decided that the violence had been not her fault but his.
From The New Yorker
But as it turned out, complex systems theory was indeed what the Santa Fe Institute ended up concentrating on.
From Scientific American
“I specialize in cognitive behavioral therapy, in mindfulness, in family systems theory. Walking in the park is just where I practice.”
From Washington Post
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