Considerazioni sull'equilibrio da un punto di vista sistemico

The notion of equilibrium is polysemic and its most general meaning is that of a state in which opposite forces mutually neutralize themselves. Its most satisfactory treatment can be attained by resorting to the conceptual and technical tools of general system theory such as they are applied, for instance, in physics, chemistry and biology. In this last science equilibrium receives the deeper meaning of homeostasis from which, by introducing the notion of information, one attains the domain of cybernetics and its related models. In such a way extensions of the notion of equilibrium can be obtained, e.g., to psychology, historiography, political theory, economics. In these domains equilibrium can be used in order to study dynamically the evolution of complex systems and this is precisely the reason for expressing it in terms of general system theory. ©2016, Vita e Pensiero.