Purpose: "to encourage the development of theoretical systems which are applicable to more than one of the traditional departments of knowledge,"; Aims:
"to investigate the isomorphy of concepts, laws, and models in various fields, and to help in useful transfers from one field to another;
to encourage the development of adequate theoretical models in areas which lack them;
to eliminate the duplication of theoretical efforts in different fields; and
to promote the unity of science through improving the communication among specialists"
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