DEPENDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE
Charles François (2004). DEPENDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 857.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 857 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Methodology or model |
P. VENDRYES writes:“In the 19th century, A. COURNOT (1801-1877) insisted more than anyone else on the fact that randomness appears when independent causal series confront each other. This remark leads to a general principle: Relations between two objects are random when they are independent of each other and deterministic when they are dependent.
- “The fact that the pre-condition of randomness is independence, whilst that of determinism is dependence, vastly enhances the scientific value of the notions of dependence and independence. And because autonomy is an acquired independence it is rigorously logical to assert that physiology makes use of randomness in order to be intelligible and therefore is not reliant upon deterministic mathematics as its sole system of theoretical reference” (1989, p.146).