Neocybernetics in Biological Systems

Contents

• Cover
• Preface and the List of Contents
  • Basics of Neocybernetics: Chaotic Complexity vs. Homeostasis
• Part I. Basic Models and Interpretations
  • Level 1: Genomics, Metabolomics, and Distributed Networks
  • Level 2: Emergent Models of Cellular Functions
  • Level 3: Elasticity of Systems and Goals of Evolution
  • Level 4: Systems of Populations as Symbiosis of Agents
  • Level 5: Role of Information in Model-Based Control
• Part II. Further Studies and Intuitions
  • Level 6: Structures of Information beyond Differentiation
  • Level 7: Cybernetic Universality and Lives in Phenospheres
  • Level 8: From Building Blocks to Theories of Everything
  • Level 9: Arrow of Entropy and Origin of Life
  • Level 10: Models of Reality can be Reality Itself
• Conclusion: From Science back to Natural Philosophy
• Bibliography

Abstract

This report summarizes ten levels of abstraction that together span the continuum from the most elementary to the most general levels when modeling biological systems. It is shown how the neocybernetic principles can be seen as the key to reaching a holistic view of complex processes in general.

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Related material

These themes are discussed in the Lectures on Elementary Cybernetics, and elsewhere on this site.