At 01:41 AM 2/1/01 +0100, Christoph wrote:
In the first place there is no connection between choas theory (fractals, Julia sets, bifurcation, you name it) and Prigogine's work.
Technically correct, I am sure, but Ilya did have a few things to say about chaos and emergent order. One might even say he had a point of view, a theory (greek theorein to see). Actually it has always been interesting to me that many of the so called Chaos Theorists avoid I.P. I suspect that may have more to do with politics that science. But whatever.
And, by the way: No real world system or organisation is in state of equilibrium. You may have stationary states, where a sort of dynamic balance is maintained. But more often you find the transitional state to be the most common, the "normal" case. And yes, here chaos theory as well as Prigogine's self-organisation *may* apply. Not guaranteed. Still it is worth while to use analogies and give them a try.
I guess that is the real point. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, MD 20854 USA phone 301-469-9269 fax 301-983-9314 Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website www.mindspring.com/~owenhh osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
