Synergetics vs. Model
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RBF Definitions
"Synergetics is the opposite of the word model."
EJA Query: "Do you mean in the case of models which represent just parts, i.e. quantitative models? Isn't the vector equilibrium okay as a model because it is a qualitative model?"
RBF Reply: "Instead of quantitative say 'size'. And I don't like the word 'qualitative' because it seems to express limitations. My geometry is conceptual independent of size. Instead of qualitative, say 'subsize', or you can say 'conceptual'; it's a schematic for the principles."
Citations
- RBF to EJA, 3200 Idaho, Wash. DC, 9 Sep'74
