Category Archives: Internal Models

Homunculomorphisms • 2

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

Re: John Baez • The Internal Model Principle There’s a far-ranging discussion that takes off from this point, touching on links among analogical reasoning, arrows and functors, cybernetic images, iconic versus symbolic representations, mental models, systems simulations, etc., and just … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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