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Cybernetics, Control Philosophy and Control Methodology

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Having reached a certain level of epistemological maturity, scientists perform “reflexion” by formulating general laws in corresponding scientific fields, i.e., create metasciences [149, 152]. On the other part, any “mature” science becomes the subject of philosophical research. For instance, the philosophy of physics appeared at the junction of the 19th century and the 20th century as the result of such processes.

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    Note that “organism” and “organization” are paronyms.

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Novikov, D.A. (2016). Cybernetics, Control Philosophy and Control Methodology. In: Cybernetics. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 47. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27397-6_2

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