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To characterize the domain of systems science more specifically requires a conceptual framework within which systems are characterized. Each framework determines a scope of systemhood properties that can be described within it and leads to some specific systemhood-based taxonomy of systems. To capture the full scope of systemhood phenomena that we are currently able to envision, a comprehensive framework is needed.
The only justification for our concepts is that they serve to represent the complex of our experiences; beyond this, they have no legitimacy.
—Albert Einstein
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Klir, G.J. (2001). Conceptual Frameworks. In: Facets of Systems Science. International Federation for Systems Research International Series on Systems Science and Engineering, vol 15. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1331-5_4
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