Circular causal systems
 

Bateson 63: "[W]hen causal systems become circular [...] a change in any part of the circle can be regarded as cause for change at a later time in any variable anywhere in the circle"
 
111: "effects of events at any point in the circut can be carried all around to produce changes at [the] point of origin"
 
110: "The idea that circular causation is of very great importance was first generalized at the end of World War II by Norbert Wiener" (of course)

> from Gregory Bateson's Mind and Nature (1979)

> tagged with #flux, #systems

> created Feb 23, 2025 at 8:13:16 AM


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