INFORMATION: the autopoietic view
Charles François (2004). INFORMATION: the autopoietic view, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1690.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1690 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
S. BRIER writes: “The system does not receive objective information from outside as a stimulus to which it responds. Instead its organization is perturbed by some things happening in the surroundings and its ”answer“ is an internal adjustment to maintain its organization. It is reacting to its own internal network. Information therefore is not something outside, but rather is a phenomenon created insider the organism (1995, p. 7)
This is MATURANA's version. QVORTRUP observes that his theory is “somewhat solipsistic ”(1993)
Of course. human beings are unavoidedly “somewhat” solipsistic. It must be the only condition for maintaining identity within a range of adaptive change