Systems Research Yearbook 1978

The anniversary (tenth) 1978 edition summarizes the results of the decade, noting the institutionalization of systems research and the deepening of its philosophical and methodological foundations. The volume's sections cover the principles of systemicity, the status of general systems theory, the systems approach to the study of science (including scientometrics), and the application of systems ideas in psychology, pedagogy, and several natural-geographical problems. The edition emphasizes the need for a precise conceptual apparatus and multi-level analysis of complex objects.

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Methodological Problems of the Systems Approach

• The Principle of Systemicity, the Systems Approach, and General Systems Theory. V.N. Sadovsky
• Systemic Foundations and Structures in the Methodology of K. Marx. V.P. Kuzmin
• On the Initial Concepts of the Formal Theory of Wholeness. G.A. Smirnov
• Set Theory and Systems Theory. Yu.A. Shreider

The Systems Approach to the Study of Science

• The Development of Science as an Open System. A.I. Yablonsky
• Parameters of Science and Their Role in the Analysis of Science as a System. B.A. Starostin
• Scientometric Indicators of the Body of Soviet Literature on Systems Research. S.I. Doroshenko

Systems Ideas in Psychology and Pedagogy

• Structural-Functional Analysis of Mental Activity. V.M. Gordon, V.P. Zinchenko
• The Level-Based Structure of the Psyche in Aristotle's Teachings. M.S. Rogovin
• Systemicity, Homeostasis, and Organism Activity. M.G. Yaroshevsky
• The Systems Approach and Current Problems in Education. B.A. Reznikov
• On the Systems Approach to Didactics. P.M. Erdniev, B.P. Erdniev

The Systems Approach and Current Problems in Science

• The Problem of Social Indicators in Systems Modeling Global Development. I.I. Lapin
• On the Problem of Goals in Global System Models. N.F. Naumova
• The System-Structural Approach and Economic Geography. L.I. Vasilevsky, P.M. Polyan
• A Classification Model of Physical Geography. A.F. Plakhotnik

Authors

• Vadim Nikolaevich Sadovsky — philosopher; the principle of systemicity and GST.
• Yuri Abramovich Shreider — cyberneticist; set theory and systems theory.
• Vladimir Petrovich Zinchenko — psychologist; systems analysis of mental activity.
• Mikhail Grigorievich Yaroshevsky — psychologist; systemicity and activity in psychology.
• Pyotr Mikhailovich Erdniev — educator and mathematician; the systems approach in didactics.
• Pavel Mikhailovich Polyan — geographer; system-structural analysis of spatial objects.