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ELEMENTS OF A CYBERNETIC THEORY OF PURPOSIVENESS

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Title:

ELEMENTS OF A CYBERNETIC THEORY OF PURPOSIVENESS

Author(s):

A. LOCKER

Journal:

Kybernetes

Year:

1980

Volume:

9

Issue:

2

Page:

97 - 108


ISSN:

0368-492X


DOI:

10.1108/eb005546

Publisher:

MCB UP Ltd

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Abstract:

Only the elements of a theory of purposiveness are presented in this paper, the two main items being the effectiveness of a purpose with respect to a system and the generation of a purpose by a system. The author then gives some preliminary definitions and studies the PPG-concept. The role of the body-machine in the actualization of the PPG-concept is discussed, the latter serving as a model of the theory of purposiveness. The paper concludes with a proposal concerning a system's systematization on the basis of its ability to passively follow or to actively select goals for itself. A normative theory has to be considered as a presupposition of the theory of purposiveness.

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Article Type:

General review


Article URL:

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