TY - JOUR
T1 - Von Foerster's theorem on connectedness and organization
T2 - Semantic applications
AU - Shanon, Benny
AU - Atlan, Henri
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - A theorem originally proposed as a conjecture by H. von Foerster suggests that the more trivially connected are the elements of a system, the less influence they will have on the system as a whole. Following previous applications of the conjecture in the context of economics, game theory and the theory of automata, applications in the semantic domain are noted. A series of examples in poetic language, visual expression and music presents a variety of cases in which the state of affairs depicted by the conjecture holds. Implications to semantic theory and to the study of metaphor in particular are noted.
AB - A theorem originally proposed as a conjecture by H. von Foerster suggests that the more trivially connected are the elements of a system, the less influence they will have on the system as a whole. Following previous applications of the conjecture in the context of economics, game theory and the theory of automata, applications in the semantic domain are noted. A series of examples in poetic language, visual expression and music presents a variety of cases in which the state of affairs depicted by the conjecture holds. Implications to semantic theory and to the study of metaphor in particular are noted.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=32844468505&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0732-118X(90)90028-Z
DO - 10.1016/0732-118X(90)90028-Z
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AN - SCOPUS:32844468505
SN - 0732-118X
VL - 8
SP - 81
EP - 90
JO - New Ideas in Psychology
JF - New Ideas in Psychology
IS - 1
ER -