sorry its the best wikipedia could do
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 4:53 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In a message dated 1/15/13 12:26:38 PM, [email protected] writes: > > > > Cybernetics is applicable when a system being analyzed is involved in a > > closed signaling loop; that is, where action by the system generates some > > change in its > > environment and that change is reflected in that system in some manner > > (feedback) that triggers a system change. > > > It's not clear what notion you have in mind when you say the word 'system'. > For example, I could imagine someone wanting to call their philosophy of > language a "system". Conceivably, the "application" of a philosophy of > language to one's thinking about language would ultimately result in a > change in > one's philosophy of language. > > All of which amounts to an extremely meager insight, despite the > intimidatingly "profound" terminology used to express it. > > -- S a u l O s t r o w *Critical Voices* 21STREETPROJECTS La Table Ronde 162 West 21 Street NYC, NY 10011 [email protected] www.21stprojects.org
