Anticipatory Systems: Philosophical, Mathematical, and Methodological Foundations |
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Natural and Formal Systems | 45 |
5535 | 73 |
The Modelling Relation | 89 |
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abstract adaptive analogous anticipatory systems arising axioms basic behavior bifurcation biological called cartesian product causality Chapter characterize complex concept consider constitutive parameters corresponding defined definite described developed diagram differential discrepancy discussion dynamical system elements encoding entirely entropy equations of motion equilibrium equivalence classes equivalence relation error essential establish Euclidean example expressed fact formal system function functor genome geometry Hamiltonian hence ideas imposed initial input instant interaction involves Ising model kind linkage relations mapping mathematical metaphor meter modelling relation n-tuples N₁ natural system neuron Newtonian noted observables organism output paradigm particles particular percepts pertaining phase space phenotype physical precisely properties propositions qualities question rates of change real numbers regarded represent S₂ seen selection mechanism senescence sense simple situation specific stability statistical mechanics structure subsystems temporal theorem theory thermodynamic thermodynamic equilibrium trajectory transformation values variables