This article develops a structural account of teleodynamic systems within a framework of recursive systems theory. Teleodynamic organization is characterized by the dynamic coupling of three levels: local transformation, regulatory modulation, and global field curvature. Local processes unfold along gradients of a structured potential landscape, while slower adaptive dynamics gradually modify the curvature of that landscape itself. Through this bidirectional coupling, systems generate and continually reshape their own stability conditions. Curvature thereby functions as a plastic, historically sedimented memory of prior transformations. A systematic distinction is drawn between biological and artificial instantiations of teleodynamic organization. Biological systems realize recursive closure under conditions of structural opacity, whereas artificial architectures instantiate teleodynamic dynamics under conditions of principled transparency. This contrast clarifies how interior domains can emerge as dynamically sustained organizations within self-modifying fields. The article contributes to general systems theory by formulating teleodynamics as a formal schema of recursively coupled dynamics linking transformation, regulation, and plastic field curvature. This perspective clarifies how self-organizing systems generate and stabilize interior domains within fields that they continuously modify through their own activity.
Hans-Joachim Rudolph (Mon,) studied this question.