The Philosophy of Cybernetic Systems Evolution and Problems of Evolutionary Epistemology

Abstract

The synthesis of cybernetics and general systems theory makes it possible to formulate the concept of cybernetic evolution, considered as the higher stage of an anti‐entropic evolution universe. In this broad framework, it is possible to draw epistemological conclusions and implications. These concern the essence of cognition and knowledge, and directedness and the main stages of epistemic evolution, as well as classes and forms of cognitive mechanisms and processes. The three stages of cognition, the biological, the sociological or societal, and the technological, are discussed.

Citation

Jdanko, A.V. (1989), "The Philosophy of Cybernetic Systems Evolution and Problems of Evolutionary Epistemology", Kybernetes, Vol. 18 No. 4, pp. 29-41. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005825