Re: [Fwd: teleonomic, teric, etc]
DON MIKULECKY (MIKULECKY@VCUVAX.BITNET)
Wed, 7 Feb 1996 18:06:30 -0400
> In a message dated 96-02-07 13:47:01 EST, Don writes:
>
>> However, we can demonstrate that all complex
>>systems involve all four causes, especially final cause. In a few
>>words, the final cause is deeply involved with anticipitory models
>>which are inbuilt in complex systems.
>
> This is very interesting- are you saying this is true for all complex
> systems, or limited to self-organized (evolved) complex systems?
> -Mike Lash-
yes, by our definition (Rosen's) all complex systems have this
property. Realize that computer simulations (artificial life for example)
are really not complex in this sense!
Don Mikulecky