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September 20, 2025 (CANGUILHEM INTERLUDE, pt. 2)

Raymond Ruyer | Cybernetics and the Origin of Information

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Limits of Models: Mathematical Transfer and Biological Plasticity

Canguilhem's caution about applying mathematical physics-style models to biology, von Neumann on organism plasticity, and why organisms resist simple machine reduction.

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