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Cybernetics • Regulation In Biological Systems • Selection 10

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Regulation In Biological Systems Survival 10/7.[concl.]   When considering this second form [of defence] we should be careful to notice the part played by information and variety in the process.  The fencer must watch his opponent closely, and he must gain … Continue reading →

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Cybernetics • Regulation In Biological Systems • Selection 9

Posted on December 28, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Studies of intelligent systems, natural or artificial, tend to focus on dynamic models or symbolic models, rarely both, finding it difficult to integrate the two.  But here we are asking the synthetic question — How does a cybernetic system come … Continue reading →

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Cybernetics • Regulation In Biological Systems • Discussion 4

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Systems Science (1) (2) • Jack Ring JR: I share your appreciation of Ashby’s work.  However it seems to reflect the deductive approach typical of males as contrasted to the inductive approach typical of females.  Make sense? A tutorial … Continue reading →

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Higher Order Sign Relations • Discussion 2

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Ontolog Forum • Joseph Simpson Re: Relations, Types, Functions JA: The subject matters of relations, types, and functions enjoy a form of recursive involvement with one another which makes it difficult to know where to get on and where to … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Truth • Discussion 19

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Going over the last few month’s posts about signs, systems, and theories of truth I see many unanswered questions deserving of further attention.  Seasonal diversions being what they are my mind will be elsewhere the rest of the year so … Continue reading →

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Cybernetics • Regulation In Biological Systems • Discussion 3

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Cybernetics • Faisal L. Kadri Maybe it will help to say a few things about the way forward … I’ll be getting back to Ashby’s text directly — it’s still the best guide I’ve found to the rudiments of … Continue reading →

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Cybernetics • Regulation In Biological Systems • Selection 8

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

We want to understand how a species of organisms might evolve:  (1) organic means of storing formal structures capable of bearing information about an organism’s state in the world, and (2) faculties for developing artificial extensions of those means.  Keeping that goal … Continue reading →

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Cybernetics • Regulation In Biological Systems • Discussion 2

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Systems Science • Jack Ring In the last selection we found Ashby making what may strike us initially as a surprising inference.  Starting from the assumption that “an essential function of as a regulator is that it shall block … Continue reading →

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Cybernetics • Regulation In Biological Systems • Selection 7

Posted on November 23, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Let’s pick up the observation Ashby made at the end of the last selection, regarding the job of a regulator, and continue with his text from there. Regulation In Biological Systems Survival 10/6.[cont.]   If is a regulator, the insertion … Continue reading →

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Cybernetics • Regulation In Biological Systems • Selection 6

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Jon Awbrey

Regulation In Biological Systems Survival 10/6.   Regulation blocks the flow of variety.   On what scale can any particular mechanism be measured for its value or success as a regulator?  The perfect thermostat would be one that, in spite … Continue reading →

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