Live systems self-organization and behavior physiology
The paper presents a historical analysis of two main approaches to the understanding of mechanisms of self-regulation and self-organization of living systems, developed in Russian science, namely N. Bernstein's physiology of activity and P. Anokhin's functional system theory. Their mutual similarity, as well as similarity to systems cybernetic views on self-regulatory processes developed in the West through 1940-1960s is revealed.