Design for a Brain¶
Ashby, W. R. (1952). Design for a Brain: The Origin of Adaptive Behaviour. Chapman & Hall.
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- Homeostasis
- biology and physiology (Cannon (1929) in Physiological Reviews gave the canonical "Organization for Physiological Homeostasis" treatment of body-temperature, blood-pressure, blood-glucose, and ion-balance regulation; modern physiology treats homeostasis as the organizing principle of organ-system function),
This sourceDevelops the "homeostat" — an electromechanical demonstration of self-regulating ultrastability — as a concrete model for cybernetic and engineering accounts of self-regulating systems (PID-style controllers, autopilots, thermostatic regulators).
- biology and physiology (Cannon (1929) in Physiological Reviews gave the canonical "Organization for Physiological Homeostasis" treatment of body-temperature, blood-pressure, blood-glucose, and ion-balance regulation; modern physiology treats homeostasis as the organizing principle of organ-system function),
- Ultra-Stability (Ashby's Concept)
- Ashby demonstrated this with the homeostat, a machine with multiple subsystems that could automatically adjust their parameters to keep electrical readings within critical bounds; the machine could reach the same outcome through different internal configurations, showing that stability is not about one fixed state but about maintaining constraints on essential variables
This sourceDevelops the "homeostat" — an electromechanical demonstration of self-regulating ultrastability — as a concrete model for cybernetic and engineering accounts of self-regulating systems (PID-style controllers, autopilots, thermostatic regulators).
- Ashby demonstrated this with the homeostat, a machine with multiple subsystems that could automatically adjust their parameters to keep electrical readings within critical bounds; the machine could reach the same outcome through different internal configurations, showing that stability is not about one fixed state but about maintaining constraints on essential variables
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