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Ashby’s cybernetic device that achieves stability against perturbations; influenced Alexander’s notion of connected subsystems.
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- Homeostasisrelated_toBiological principle whereby agents maintain sensations within hospitable range; basis for active inference motivation.
- Anatomical Homeostasisrelated_toAbility of organisms to adjust anatomy despite injury or rearrangement; demonstrates collective problem-solving in morphospace.
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- Feedback mechanisms maintaining system states within desired ranges; the minimal engine of goal-directed activity.
- Feedback mechanisms at cellular and tissue levels driving error correction toward target states.
- Fundamental living process—reducing difference between current and optimal conditions—hypothesized as primal origin of goal-directedness and higher cognition.
- Large-scale organizational target that organisms maintain despite changes to parts; enables flexible achievement through multiple molecular mechanisms.