Re: Identification of systems (was Re: terms)

MikeStTA@AOL.COM
Tue, 12 Sep 1995 12:22:40 -0400


In a message dated 95-09-12 00:37:50 EDT, you write:

>SOME kind of relation between any two entities. Ultimately, just by being
>CONSIDERED together in the same frame is a common property.
>
>

Cliff, this is the meaning of a set, not a system. And equating "set" with
"system" leads to severe philosophical and practical confusions. Systems
Theory (the study of interrelated things) is a subset of Set Theory (the
study of groups of things), not the reverse.