Self Organizing Mechanisms as Models for Scientific Theories

Download or read book Self Organizing Mechanisms as Models for Scientific Theories written by E. W. Bastin and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The document is presented in two parts: Part 1: 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. Part 2: 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 self-organizing mechanism, and this application of the principles of self-organizing mechanisms suggests others in more general fields.