Vadim Nikolayevitch Sadovsky (1934–2012) was a Russian professor and Chief of the Department for Philosophical and Sociological Problems of Systems Research, Institute for Systems Analysis, part of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[1] He is known as a promoter of systems theory in Russia.[2][3]

Selected publications

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  • Blauberg, Igor, Viktorovich, V. N. Sadovsky, and E. G. Yudin. Systems theory: Philosophical and methodological problems. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1977.
  • Vadim N. Sadovsky and Stuart A. Umpleby (ed.). A Science of goal formulation : American and Soviet discussions of cybernetics and systems theory. New York, Hemisphere Pub. Corp., 1991.
  • Bogdanov, Aleksandr, and Vadim N. Sadovsky. Bogdanov's Tektology. University of Hull, Centre for Systems Studies, 1996.
Articles, a selection
  • Sadovsky, V. N. "Foundations of general systems theory." М.: Sov. Radio (1974).
  • Blauberg, I. V., V. N. Sadovskii, and B. G. Iudin. "Philosophical Principles of Systemicity and the Systems Approach." Soviet Studies in Philosophy 17.4 (1979): 44–68.

References

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  1. ^ "Professor Vadim Nikolayevitch Sadovsky". www.tkpw.net. The Karl Popper Web. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. ^ Umpleby S. A. (1987) "American and Soviet discussions of the foundations of cybernetics and general systems theory." Cybernetics and Systems 18(2): 177–193
  3. ^ Biggart, John, Peter Dudley, and Francis King. Alexander Bogdanov and the origins of systems thinking in Russia. Avebury, 1998.