Homunculomorphisms • 1

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

Re: John Baez • The Internal Model Principle

Ashby’s book was my own first introduction to cybernetics and I recently returned to his discussion of regulation games in connection with some issues in Peirce’s theory of inquiry.

In that context it appears that the formula \rho \subset [\psi^{-1}(G)]\phi would have to be saying that the Regulator’s good moves are a subset given by applying the portion of the game matrix with goal values in its body to the Disturber’s input.

Excursion

Reference

  • Ashby, W.R. (1956), An Introduction to Cybernetics, Chapman and Hall, London, UK.  Republished by Methuen and Company, London, UK, 1964.  Online.
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