J. Collier. Autonomy and Process Closure as the Basis for Functionality. In G. Chandler, J.L.R./van de Vijver, editor, Closure: Emergent Orga- nizations and their Dynamics. Volume 901 of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1999. Home/Search Document Not in Database Summary Related Articles Check |
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Adaptive Behaviour, Autonomy and Value systems. Normative.. - Barandiaran (2002) (Correct)
....by grounding functional normativity on historical processes fails to give an account of normative functionality based on the present causal mechanism producing behaviour. We propose an alternative autonomous dynamical framework where func tionality is defined as contribution to self maintenance [15, 10, 35] and nor mativity as satisfaction of closure criteria. We develop this framework by a set of formal definitions in the framework of dynamical system theory and propose the hypothesis of an homeostatic plasticity [31, 40] based general purpose value system as an internalized normative mechanism ....
....are taken to be more fundamental processes than evolutionary ones [44] because, although deeply interlinked, for an organism to be selected it must first of all exist as a self maintaining organized network of processes, i.e. as an autonomous system. We can, thus, root functionality in autonomy [15], so that the function of a process or structure is determined by its contribution to self maintenance by means of its constructive nature or of its interactive satisfaction of clo sure criteria (controll of boundary conditions for self maintenance) This way functions becomes normative [9] by ....
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J. Collier. Autonomy and Process Closure as the Basis for Functionality. In G. Chandler, J.L.R./van de Vijver, editor, Closure: Emergent Orga- nizations and their Dynamics. Volume 901 of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1999.
Dealing with the Unexpected - Collier (2000) (Correct)
....Certainly this result is not necessary; it is only possible under certain conditions. The system must be so organised that it preserves its overall cohesion as it accommodates the impinging forces. This is exactly the sort of system that I have called autonomous in previous papers for CASYS (Collier, 2000a, 1999, also 2000b) Autonomy is characteristic of biological systems, with their low energy wells, and high organisation, permitting them to be sensitive and adaptive to inputs, but as I emphasised in these papers, the same ideas can be applied to machines and their design. Complex systems ....
Collier, John (2000b). Autonomy and Process Closure as the Basis for Functiona lity Closure: Emergent Organizations and their Dynamics, edited by Jerry L.R. Chandler and Gertrudis van de Vijver, Volume 901of the Annals of the New York Academy of Science: 280-291.
Information Theory as a General Language for Functional Systems - Collier (2000) (Correct)
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Collier, John (in press) Autonomy and Process Closure as the Basis for Functionality, Annals of the New York Academy of Science (Proceedings of the Conference on Closure, Ghent, May 3-5, 1999.
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