Understanding Understanding
Essays on Cybernetics and Cognition
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Computer Science
Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
Complex Systems
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Computation in Neural Nets
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Molecular Ethology, An Immodest Proposal for Semantic Clarification
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Responsibilities of Competence
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Cybernetics of Cybernetics
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On Constructing a Reality
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For Niklas Luhmann: “How Recursive is Communication?”
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Publications
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On Self-Organizing Systems and Their Environments
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Book
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What Is Memory that It May Have Hindsight and Foresight as well?
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Thoughts and Notes on Cognition
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Disorder/Order: Discovery or Invention?
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Perception of the Future and the Future of Perception
“The definition of a problem and the action taken to solve it largely depend on the view which the individuals or groups that discovered the problem have of the system to which it refers. A problem may thus fi...
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Ethics and Second-Order Cybernetics
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Cybernetics of Epistemology
If “epistemology” is taken to be the theory of knowledge acquisition, rather than of knowledge per se, then—it is argued—the appropriate conceptual framework for such an epistemology is that of cybernetics, th...
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Introduction to Natural Magic
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Dynamics of Fracture
With the advent ofscalable parallel computers, atomistic simulations are providing immediate insights into the nature off racture dynamics by allowing us to “see” what is happening on the atomic scale. One ofo...
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The Transport of Small Particles by a Fluid
The study of trajectories of particles suspended in a fluid in motion is of relevance to many problems; as much those in applied technology as those of theoretical interest. Properties of emulsions, dispersion...
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Experimental Studies of Laminar Flame Instabilities
We first briefly recall the basic mechanisms controlling the thermo-diffusive and hydrodynamic stability of planar laminar premixed flames, and give the state of the theoretical analysis. We then describe rece...
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The Vortical Structure of Flame Spreading over Liquid Fuels
Understanding flame spreading is a matter of both fundamental interest and crucial practical importance, mainly for its relevance to safety issues, as it is the base for the knowledge and ultimate control of f...
