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"There are four distinct bases on which a system-design book might be organized. First are the chronological phases th…"

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"At this time it is difficult to put one's finger on any single contribution in the decade 1950 - 1960 which is compar…"

"We have discovered in this past decade that thinking, and decision, are not solely the province of the metaphysicist,…"

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