Fritjof Capra: The Web of Life
tags
: [[ecology]]
source
: Fritjof Capra: The Web of Life (excerpt)
Notes
- Ecology is the study of natural relationships
- Ecology forces a shift in perspective from objects to relationships and processes
- [[Systems thinkers]] realized that laws of science were not enough, but we don’t need anything from the outside: we have to understand the relationships of matter
- Capra says that there are two approaches to science: “What is it made of?” and “What is the pattern?”
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A pattern isn’t material, it’s a set of relationships
- Marx would probably disagree with this
- Capra believes that consciousness is a property of life
- An insight of [[cybernetics]] was noticing that life is made up of networks
- Systems can correct themselves through the process of [[feedback]]