COOPERATION as an evolutive process
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 716 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Methodology or model |
F. HEYLIGHEN describes as follows the complete evolutionary sequence leading from competition to cooperation: “… competition, communication, stable interaction patterns, internal models of patterns, shared models, shared replicators, cooperation promoted by shared replicators, integration with the shared replicators as coordinators” (1992b, p.25)
This is clearly a cybernetic model which includes for example G. PASK's “conversation”, with its reciprocal accomodation process (consensus — von FOERSTER cybernetics of second order), GABOR'S and Mac KAY'S “logon”, shaping of a hierarchy through the appearance of a regulator.
And, in E.von GLASERSFELD's words: “… the situation of reciprocal instrumentality has the potential of developing into collaboration” (1988, p.51).