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Cybernetics and Its Philosophical Implications
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Feedback Loops
The concept of actions within a system being regulated by the consequences they produce.
Control and Communication
How notions of control within and among systems challenge traditional understandings of communication.
Autopoiesis
The idea that systems can reproduce and maintain themselves points to questions about the nature of life and organization.
Cybernetic Governance
This examines the implications of applying cybernetics to social and political systems.
Second-Order Cybernetics
The study of cybernetics itself, including the role of the observer, has profound implications for epistemology.
Variety (Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety)
Only variety can destroy variety; this has implications for managing complex systems and understanding complexity itself.
Homeostasis
The maintenance of stable conditions in a system leads to questions about balance and equilibrium in both organisms and societies.
Cybernetic Epistemology
Considering knowledge as a form of control has implications for the way we understand learning and cognition.
Cybernetic Organism (Cyborg)
The blending of organic and mechanic components challenges our definitions of humanity and identity.
Purposeful Systems
Systems designed with purposes question the nature of intentionality and agency, especially in artificial intelligence.
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