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Lecture 2: Paradigms of Cognitive Science - David Vernon

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Cybernetics<br />

• Closed-loop control<br />

• An action by the system causes some change in its environment<br />

and that change is fed to the system via feedback that enables the<br />

system to change its behaviour<br />

• This "circular causal" relationship is necessary and sufficient for a<br />

cybernetic perspective [Wikipedia]<br />

Copyright © 2012 <strong>David</strong> <strong>Vernon</strong>

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