Principia Cybernetica Web (C)

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Author: Turchin, Joslyn,

Date: AUG 1992

TJ- Agent

(author): Turchin, Joslyn

(sense-of): agent

Synopsis: Agents can be physical structures whose interactions create effects, can be physical forces, or can be rule-following interpreting, semantic systems. An agent is always at least postulated for every action. The lack of a specific agent can be seen as the "chance"agent, or as event which "just happens", e.g. a quantum event.