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Physical exchange with the environment
Matter or energy transferred across a physical system boundary. In Challoner’s Prigogine module, either kind of exchange enters the account of non-equilibrium organisation; energy exchange alone does not establish material openness.
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Summary
Matter or energy transferred across a physical system boundary. In Challoner’s Prigogine module, either kind of exchange enters the account of non-equilibrium organisation; energy exchange alone does not establish material openness.
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Key distinctions
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- material exchange vs causal openness
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Status: candidate · Relation: presents account of
In Challoner’s reconstruction: Matter or energy exchange can maintain non-equilibrium conditions.
Locator: pp. 2–3, DG1 and PG2
- Prigogine: order under non-equilibrium conditions: researcher module (source scoped research pass)
Physical exchange with the environment explanatory prerequisite Dissipative structure
Status: candidate · Relation: explanatory prerequisite
Source-scoped reading of Challoner’s module: The module’s dissipative structures require sustained exchanges under non-equilibrium conditions; openness alone is insufficient.
Locator: p. 6, PS5–PS6
- Prigogine: order under non-equilibrium conditions: researcher module (source scoped research pass)
Claims and disputes
In Challoner’s reconstruction: Matter or energy exchange can maintain non-equilibrium conditions.
Claim status: candidate. Review status: research pass needs editor.
Source-scoped interpretation. Human editorial acceptance remains pending.
Supporting sources
- Prigogine: order under non-equilibrium conditions: researcher module (source scoped research pass)
Source-scoped reading of Challoner’s module: The module’s dissipative structures require sustained exchanges under non-equilibrium conditions; openness alone is insufficient.
Claim status: candidate. Review status: research pass needs editor.
Source-scoped interpretation. Human editorial acceptance remains pending.
Supporting sources
- Prigogine: order under non-equilibrium conditions: researcher module (source scoped research pass)
Sources and passage locators
- Prigogine: order under non-equilibrium conditions: researcher module (source scoped research pass)
- Prigogine: order under non-equilibrium conditions: researcher module: pp. 2–3, DG1 and PG2 · research pass needs editor
- Prigogine: order under non-equilibrium conditions: researcher module: p. 6, PS5–PS6 · research pass needs editor
Cite this entry
Taylor, B. P. (2026). Physical exchange with the environment. The Necessary Tangle, release 0.35. https://transduction.systems/entries/concept_physical_exchange/
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