Revisiting the emergence of systemic representations

The artirie studies the development of systemic representations in the history of philosophic thought. It is emphasized that systemk representations were existed in antiquity starting from the mythologkal period. We have identified a set of categories through whkh the philosophers of the dasskal antiquity, the Middle Ages, the modern age, and also the representatives of German idealism tried to determine systematirity. The artirie points that systemk representations are the result of the development of philosophk thought and srientifk achievements. We have distinguished three decisive stages in the development of systemic representations. It is concluded that systems theory is a universally accepted methodology for many scientific studies covering almost all branches of modern knowledge.