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The evolution of a highly complex hierarchy of disciplinary specializations has been one of the major characteristics of the history of science. The ancient scientist/philosopher such as Aristotle, who was able to comprehend almost all knowledge available in his time, has gradually been replaced by generations of scientists with ever increasing depth of knowledge and narrowness of interest and competence.
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Klir, G.J. (1985). Introduction. In: Architecture of Systems Problem Solving. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1168-4_1
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