Peter N. Kugler, J. A. Scott Kelso and M. T. Turvey (1980), “On the Concept of Coordinative Structures as Dissipative Structures: I. Theoretical Lines of Convergence”, in G. E. Stelmach and J. Requin (eds.), Tutorials in Motor Behavior, Amsterdam: North-Holland, pp. 3–47 — doi:10.1016/s0166-4115(08)61936-6
Key takeaways
Unread. From the title and the literature that cites it.
- The proposal. A coordinative structure is not built by a controller out of independent parts. It is a self-organizing pattern, a dissipative structure in Prigogine’s sense, sustained by a flow of energy.
- Why the record wants it. It is the link between the motor-control sense of “coordinative structure” and the coordination dynamics the record already reads (THEORY-069, LIT-601). Any extension of the term to dancing couples or firms should start from what it claims here.
Standing in the record
Filed on 2026-10-11 with the coordinative-structure readings. The day
Crossref gives is not known; published: is the first of January, the year
alone being known. Part II (empirical lines) is a separate chapter,
doi:10.1016/s0166-4115(08)61937-8, not filed. Not held in the anthology.
Unavailable since 2026-10-14. No lawful full text was reached, so the takeaways above remain the title and the literature that cites it, not a reading. CLAIM-273 already cites it as unread, for the precedent of treating coordinative structures as dissipative structures.