Teleogenesis 2220846 224764231 2008-07-10T09:13:03Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{Orphan|date=November 2006}} In the theory of [[cybernetics]], '''teleogenesis''' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''teleos'' = 'purpose' and ''genesis'' = 'creation') is the creation of goal-creating processes. According to [[Peter Corning]]: "A cybernetic system is by definition a dynamic purposive system; it is 'designed' to pursue or maintain one or more goals or end-states". Teleogenesis refers from an extension of classical cybernetics, as proposed by [[Norbert Wiener]], Ashby and others in late 1950s. ==See also== *[[homeostasis]] *[[homeorhesis]] ==References== *Corning, Peter A. "Thermoeconomics: Beyond the second law" from: www.complexsystems.org {{Soft-eng-stub}}