HISTORICITY
Charles François (2004). HISTORICITY, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1554.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1554 ▶ |
| Object type | General information |
A basic characteristic of any system as evolving intime.
Historicity is now firmly established as a systemic process . It has been confirmed by the Prigoginian dissipative structuration model as well as by thedeterministic chaos one. The latter insists on the importance of a very precise - and quite difficult to obtain - good knowledge of the initial conditions and their ulterior evolutive transformations.
On the other hand, sensibility to initial conditions , as a basic characteristic of deterministic chaos , results in a new understanding of irreversibility , because it introduces the need for a better knowledge of the past of any system.