If you want a more rigorous view of systems theory then you'll want to look into the mathematical side of cybernetics, chaos theory and nonlinear dynamics. Syst

If you want a more rigorous view of systems theory then you'll want to look into the mathematical side of cybernetics, chaos theory and nonlinear dynamics. Systems thinking is more of an approach than a rigourous discipline in the same way that reductionism is ("break a problem down into its constituent parts and solve them"), but it is backed by both rigourous disciplines and philosophy.