[Fwd: Re: [Fwd: teleonomic, teric, etc]]]

Bruce Edmonds (b.edmonds@MMU.AC.UK)
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From: Hans-Cees Speel <HANSS@sepa.tudelft.nl>
To: Bruce Edmonds pcp <B.Edmonds@MMU.AC.UK>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 20:28:39 MET
Subject: Re: [Fwd: teleonomic, teric, etc]]
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> >
> > > >Dear listmembers, a little system science question.
> > > >In system science there is a distinction between teleologic,
> > > >teleonomic and teleoretic. Can somebody give me a reference or strait
> > > >explanation where it is clearly lined out what the difference is?
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for the answers, and i confused a few terms.
> > I meant to ask the difference between teleological, teleonomic and
> > teleomatic. I confused these things with homeostatic, and homeoretic.
> >
> Perhaps you could define the meaning of "teleomatic" within this context?

I know nothing more than that the author uses teleomatic as
end-resulting, teleomatic as end-guided, and teleological as end
seeking.
> > Maybe you need to know about the distictions he makes in lamarckian,
> > teilhardian, bergsonian and darwinianevolutionary theories. But in that
case

> To make sense out of these paragraphs, we do indeed need to know the
> distinctions the author has created between the concepts described by
> Lamarck, (de Chardin?), Bergson and Darwin.
>
> Could you give your interpretation?
>

I will think about it and read some of the thesis again, to see if I
can interpretate. The difficulty is that the author seems to be
inconsistent. However I will do my best and return to this list
later.

HC

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