View: System Name and Class
This section identifies the system of interest for this system description
Name: Person (Human Being)
Based on: Organism
A person Is a whole autonomous cognitive living system.
A person is a type of organism and participates in human activity systems. The term person relates to a whole person and is generally an outside - in way to describe a human being. On the other hand, the term self is generally a term used from the inside out, for example, my self, self awareness, self organization, etc. This system description addresses both inside and outside views.
Definitions from Fritjof Capra, The Systems View of Life
healing, systems view of
The organism's innate tendency to re-establish itself in a balanced state when it has
been disturbed
health, systems view of
A state of well-being, resulting from a dynamic balance that involves the physical and
psychological aspects of the organism, as well as its interactions with its natural and
social environment
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