Having criticised the concept of homeostasis, I must mention some alternatives. It is not my place to describe each of these or provide a critique of them. For the reader’s benefit, I seek only to list them and give links to where further information may be found.
Allostasis
Wikipedia entry
Enantiostasis
Wikipedia entry
Homeorhesis
Wikipedia entry
Homeodynamics
The concept of homeodynamics was described by Steven Rose in his book 'Lifelines: Biology, Freedom, Determinism (Penguin 1997). For a review book, see 'Danny Yee's Book Reviews'.
An alternative use of the term homeodynamics, with some relevance, appears in Terrence Deacon’s ‘Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter’ (WW Norton & Co 2011).
