Evolutionary systems theory is an important development based on GST and critical realism, and provides a general systemic theory concerning the evolution of every kind of system, explaining otherwise baffling aspects of the birth, growth, and decline of all systems, from the simplest particles to social systems and even the cosmos itself (Ebeling & Feistel, 1994; Goerner, 1994; Layzer, 1990; Mainzer, 1994; Smolin, 1997; Hofkirchner, 2013).
