SELF ORGANIZING MECHANISMS AS MODELS FOR SCIENTIFIC THEORIES
Abstract
Open ended Terms: Mechanical models. The current state of theoretical physics makes it urgently desirable to develop a theory which is initially non-metrical for the discussion of problems that arise on the very large and on the very small scale, and from which metrical physics can be deduced as a special case. It is shown that the idea of control is inherently capable of providing a calculus into which basic physical concepts can be incorporated which has the required initially non-metrical properties. The physical ideas that replace the cartesian assumption are derived from the properties of a selforganizing mechanism, and this application of the principles of self-organizing mechanisms suggests others in more general fields. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 20, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0264866
Entities
People
- E.w. Bastin
- K. Sparck Jones