Systems Research Yearbook 1974

The 1974 issue of the "Systems Research" yearbook focuses on the "systems analysis of science" and the principle of historicism, tracing the transition from "fixed structures" to the study of systems in their development and formation. The theoretical section discusses semi-rigid systems and the measurement of organizedness, while the applied section covers the application of systems ideas in biology and geography. The volume concludes with a historiographical section on the genesis of systemness in science and the humanities.

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Systems Analysis of Science

• The Principle of Historicism in its Application to the Systems Analysis of the Development of Science. B.M. Kedrov
• Models of Science in Science Studies. A.A. Ignatiev
• On the Role of the Systems Approach in the Evaluation of Scientific Knowledge. A.H. Mukhamedov
• A Science Studies Analysis of Systems Engineering Knowledge. V.G. Gorokhov
• Mathematical Models of a Scientific Research Field. T.M. Petrova

Theoretical Problems of Systems Research

• The Effectiveness of Certain Types of Semi-Rigid Systems. A.A. Malinovsky, E.D. Smirnova, L.G. Shvidchenko
• On Some Possibilities of Calculating Organizedness in Systems Analysis. Yu.M. Gorsky

Application of Systems Theory in Specialized Scientific Knowledge

• Studies on the Theory of Biological Systems. V.A. Mezherrin
• The Systems Approach, Parameters, and Complexity of Biological Objects. B.A. Starostin
• The Principle of Complementarity and Characteristic Time in Geography. A.D. Armand, V.O. Targulian

History of the Development of the Systems Approach

• Stages in the Interpretation of the Systemic Nature of Scientific Knowledge (Antiquity and the Modern Era). A.P. Ogurtsov
• Development of the Structural-Level Approach in Psychology. M.S. Rogovin

Authors

• Kedrov, Boris Mikhailovich — Soviet philosopher and historian of science; systems analysis of the development of science.
• Gorokhov, Vitaly Georgievich — philosopher of science and technology; science studies analysis of systems engineering knowledge. IPH RAS
• Malinovsky, Alexander Alexandrovich — biologist; theoretical problems of systemness.
• Mezherrin, Vladimir Alekseevich — biologist-zoologist; works on the theory of biological systems.
• Armand, Aleksey Davidovich — geographer; systems approach in geography. Wikipedia
• Targulian, Vladimir Osipovich — geographer-soil scientist; bio-inert systems and systemness in geography.
• Ogurtsov, Andrey Petrovich — philosopher of science; history of the systems approach.