Cybernetics / Systems Theory

Wiener's Cybernetics (1948), von Bertalanffy's General System Theory, the Macy Conferences (1946–1953), Shannon's information theory. The core insight: mind is not a substance but a pattern of organization — feedback loops, circular causality, self-organization. Bateson extended this into ecology of mind: 'the pattern which connects.' Varela and Maturana's autopoiesis, Luhmann's social systems, and modern complexity theory all flow from this source. The cybernetic tradition bridges the science/humanities divide that has crippled consciousness studies.

· 1940– · active · influence 7/10