# Invariant 3.7 — 3.7 Feedback / cybernetics / homeostasis

slug: oip-invariant-7-37-feedback-cybernetics-homeostasis · https://miscsubjects.com/a/oip-invariant-7-37-feedback-cybernetics-homeostasis · tags: philosophy, oip, catalogue, invariant, systems-theory · updated 2026-07-17T02:36:17.625Z

# Invariant: 3.7 Feedback / cybernetics / homeostasis

### 3.7 Feedback / cybernetics / homeostasis
A system senses its output and corrects. **Sources:** Wiener (cybernetics); Ashby (requisite variety, ultrastability); Bernard, Cannon (homeostasis); control theory; Powers (perceptual control). **Domains:** physiology, engineering, ecology, economics, governance. **Dual:** open-loop / runaway. **Tier:** T1. **Falsifier:** a stable adaptive system with no feedback channel. **Maps:** A₁₂ (recursion), A₃.

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## Corpus map
- Inventory hub: [Convergence Catalogue — Public Article](/a/oip-convergence-public-article)