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<div id="xd56c607bda76445"><blockquote cite="BD4DDBBE060A4163B1EDAD69AD19A73E@laptopr7q1bsbb" type="cite" class="cite2"><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">At this point, I feel I need a ‘refresher’
on Loet Leydesdorff’s important distinction, with reference to
information, between recursion and incursion. Loet?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">When one thinks outside the box, as Bob U. will have
us do, the air may seem a little thin, for a while. However, one can soon get
acclimatized, with some good will.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Joseph<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><br /></p></div></blockquote><font face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Dear Joseph, </span></font></div><div id="xd56c607bda76445"><br /></div><div id="xd56c607bda76445">I am not sure, but I guess that the recursive transductions assume a forward arrow of time: the previous state (at t-1) is "transduced" into a next one (at t = t). </div><div id="xd56c607bda76445"><br /></div><div id="xd56c607bda76445">An incursive system provides also a reference to its current state. For example, a new technology is shaped with reference to the previous one, but also with reference to a current market as the relevant selection environment. A hyperincursive system develops with reference to its next future state (t + 1) or even beyond that (t + n). </div><div id="xd56c607bda76445"><br /></div><div id="xd56c607bda76445">For example, meaning -- in interpersonal communications -- is provided from the perspective of hindsight in the present, but with reference to horizons of meaning. This reference to possible future states provides the intentionality that is specific for interhuman communication. The logic thus is different from a biological system developing with the arrow of time (in history). </div><div id="xd56c607bda76445"><br /></div><div id="xd56c607bda76445">Another terminology would be that of trajectories and regimes. Trajectories are shaped with time; for example, along life-cycles. Regimes (e.g., life vs. death) are next-order selection mechanisms which shape the conditions for trajectories. This is still at the level of general systems theory. In interhuman communication specifically, the order remains an order of expectations which feeds back onto the present state from future (possible) states. This inversion of time leads to the generation of redundancy as different from the (Shannon-type) information. It provides new options. </div><div id="xd56c607bda76445"><br /></div><div id="xd56c607bda76445">Hopefully, I answered your question. </div><div id="xd56c607bda76445"><br /></div><div id="xd56c607bda76445">Best,</div><div id="xd56c607bda76445">Loet</div><div id="xd56c607bda76445"><br /></div>
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