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Dynamical Systems

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Concepts (11)

  • Information TheoryFramework treating phenomena as information flows and exchanges; adopted by Friedman and others to model design as informational process.
  • Dynamical Systems TheoryMathematical and conceptual framework for modeling complex self-organizing systems; applied here to action and cognition.
  • Meta-Morphogenesis ProjectLong-term research program at Birmingham led by Sloman, investigating construction kits, spatial reasoning, mathematical cognition, and genome-controlled development.
  • Alicia JuarreroAuthor of this monograph on action theory and dynamical systems; proposes a non-mechanistic account of intentional behavior.
  • AristotleReferenced for Aristotelian science, practical wisdom, and formal/final causation; contrast to modern Newtonian paradigm.
  • Constraints as CausesKey reframing: contextual constraints (both bottom-up and top-down) replace mechanistic causation in explaining action.
  • Nonequilibrium ThermodynamicsTheoretical framework governing far-from-equilibrium self-organizing systems; underpins model of action formation.
  • David HumeAssociated with empiricist regularity theory of causation that Juarrero argues is inadequate for action explanation.
  • Construction Kits in Biology
  • Narrative ExplanationJuarrero argues that explaining self-organizing action requires hermeneutic narrative, not deductive law-like regularity.
  • Agency, Freedom, and Individuality

Thinkers (1)

  • Immanuel KantDiscussed for concept of teleology and final cause; relevant to Juarrero's non-mechanistic framework.