Ross indexed the following pages under the keyword: "Thing".

Thing as set of constraints Natural Selection [57]: Comparison of adaptation in multistable system with adaptation in natural selection { 4098 - 4112 }. Summary: What is a 'thing' in my type of concepts? Natural Selection [57]: Comparison of adaptation in multistable system with adaptation in natural selection { 4098 - 4112 }. 4100 4101

Control by parameter Thing control of Natural Selection [57]: Comparison of adaptation in multistable system with adaptation in natural selection { 4098 - 4112 }. Summary: A 'thing', therefore, can be said to exist in an absolute system when the observer's parametric control is insufficient for the exploration of all initial states, so that the states have to be tested in blocks. Natural Selection [57]: Comparison of adaptation in multistable system with adaptation in natural selection { 4098 - 4112 }. 4104 4105

Summary: Precise conditions under which a system is self-locking. 4242, 4275 Summary: Better proof of ultrastability. Summary: We take 'things' invariants, and null-functions as fundamental because we must. 4146.2, 4235.9, 4943 Invariant why so important Thing why important The Multistable System [69]: Multistable system will first stabilise two of the null-functions, 4233. The Multistable System [70]: Why the multistable system takes invarients as fundamental, 4233. Epistemology [14]: Invariants are important because they can be adapted to at once, 4233. 4232 4233

Prediction as regulation Epistemology [23]: 'Prediction' and 'control' are forms of regulation, 4438. Summary: Prediction and control are just forms of regulation. Summary: Wave as constraint; travelling immobility. 4440, 4943 Constraint wave as Thing as constraint Waves as entity 4438 4439

Summary: Trials are good, for they bring information. 4945, 4948, 4965, 4963 Information by trials Trial and error gives information Behaviour all reducible to behaviour Thing as way of behaving 4942 4943

Thing as constraint Summary: "Thing" and auto-correlation. Auto-correlation as constraint 6436 6437