Buch, Englisch, 736 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1328 g
Reihe: sequenzia
The Macy Conferences 1946–1953. The Complete Transactions
Buch, Englisch, 736 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1328 g
Reihe: sequenzia
ISBN: 978-3-0358-0840-7
Verlag: diaphanes
Between 1946 and 1953 ten conferences under the heading "Cybernetics. Circular, Causal, and Feedback Mechanisms in Biological and Social Systems" were held. Sponsored by Josiah Macy Jr., the so-called Macy Conferences mark perhaps the most important event in the history of science after WW II. Using new terms such as "information", "feedback", and "analogical/digital" as starting point, the participants tried to develop a universal theory of regulation and control, that would be applicable to living beings as well as to machines, to economic as well as to mental processes, and to sociological as well as to aesthetical phenomena. These concepts permeate thinking in such diverse fields as biology, neurology, sociology, language studies, computer science, and even psychoanalysis, ecology, politics, and economy. They marked the epoch-making changes from thermodynamics to cybernetics (Wiener), from the disciplinary to control society (Deleuze), and from the industrial to information society (Lyotard).
The Macy Conferences are of special historical/scientific value since they do not deal with completed texts yet, but rather with interdisciplinary negotiations about an emerging epistemology. This edition contains the complete transcription and protocols of all Macy Conference contributions.
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9Editorial Note11 - 26The Age of Cybernetics29 - 40Introductory Discussion41 - 65The Psychological Moment in Perception66 - 97The Neurotic Potential and Human Adaptation98 - 121Quantum Mechanical Theory of Memory122 - 159Possible Mechanisms of Recall and Recognition160 - 162Sensory Prosthesises163 - 164References (1949)1661950. Participants167 - 168Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Conference Program (1950)169Introductory Remarks171 - 202Some of the Problems Concerning Digital Notions in the Central Nervous System203 - 247The Manner in Which and Extent to Which Speech Can Be Distorted and Remain Intelligible248 - 272The Redundancy of English273 - 290Experience in Learning Primitive Languages Through the Use of Learning High Level Linguistic Abstractions291 - 302On the Development of Word Meanings303 - 306The Development of Language in Early Childhood307 - 325The Relationship of Symbolic Function in Language Formation and in Neurosis326 - 334Appendix I: Body Symbolization and Development of Language335Appendix II: References (1950)3381951. Participants339 - 340Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Conference Program (1951)341 - 348A Note by the Editors (1951)349 - 381Communication Patterns in Problem-Solving Groups382 - 415Communication Between Men416 - 445Communication Between Sane and Insane446 - 473Communication Between Animals474 - 479Presentation of a Maze-Solving Machine480 - 509In Search of Basic Symbols511 - 523Appendix I: The Nomenclature of Information Theory525 - 528Appendix II: References (1951)5301952. Participants531 - 532Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Conference Program (1952)533 - 540A Note by the Editors (1952)541 - 574The Position of Humor in Human Communication575 - 592The Place of Emotions in the Feedback Concept593 - 619Homeostasis620 - 628Discrimination and Learning in Octopus629 - 633Reduction of the Number of Possible Boolean Functions634 - 650Central Excitation and Inhibition651 - 653Mechanical Chess Player654 - 656Turbulence as Random Stimulation of Sense Organs657 - 665Investigations on Synaptic Transmission666 - 676Feedback Mechanism in Cellular Biology677 - 679Appendix I: References (1952)6821953. Participants683Foreword685 - 686The Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Conference Program (1953)687 - 688Introductory Remarks689 - 696Studies on Activity of the Brain697 - 706Semantic Information and its Measures707 - 718Meaning in Language and How it is Acquired719 - 725Appendix I: Summary of the Points of Agreement Reached in the Previous Nine Conferences on Cybernetics727 - 728Appendix II: References (1953)729 - 734Index
| 9 | Editorial Note | |||
| 11 | - | 26 | The Age of Cybernetics | |
| 29 | - | 40 | Introductory Discussion | |
| 41 | - | 65 | The Psychological Moment in Perception | |
| 66 | - | 97 | The Neurotic Potential and Human Adaptation | |
| 98 | - | 121 | Quantum Mechanical Theory of Memory | |
| 122 | - | 159 | Possible Mechanisms of Recall and Recognition | |
| 160 | - | 162 | Sensory Prosthesises | |
| 163 | - | 164 | References (1949) | |
| 166 | 1950. Participants | |||
| 167 | - | 168 | Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Conference Program (1950) | |
| 169 | Introductory Remarks | |||
| 171 | - | 202 | Some of the Problems Concerning Digital Notions in the Central Nervous System | |
| 203 | - | 247 | The Manner in Which and Extent to Which Speech Can Be Distorted and Remain Intelligible | |
| 248 | - | 272 | The Redundancy of English | |
| 273 | - | 290 | Experience in Learning Primitive Languages Through the Use of Learning High Level Linguistic Abstractions | |
| 291 | - | 302 | On the Development of Word Meanings | |
| 303 | - | 306 | The Development of Language in Early Childhood | |
| 307 | - | 325 | The Relationship of Symbolic Function in Language Formation and in Neurosis | |
| 326 | - | 334 | Appendix I: Body Symbolization and Development of Language | |
| 335 | Appendix II: References (1950) | |||
| 338 | 1951. Participants | |||
| 339 | - | 340 | Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Conference Program (1951) | |
| 341 | - | 348 | A Note by the Editors (1951) | |
| 349 | - | 381 | Communication Patterns in Problem-Solving Groups | |
| 382 | - | 415 | Communication Between Men | |
| 416 | - | 445 | Communication Between Sane and Insane | |
| 446 | - | 473 | Communication Between Animals | |
| 474 | - | 479 | Presentation of a Maze-Solving Machine | |
| 480 | - | 509 | In Search of Basic Symbols | |
| 511 | - | 523 | Appendix I: The Nomenclature of Information Theory | |
| 525 | - | 528 | Appendix II: References (1951) | |
| 530 | 1952. Participants | |||
| 531 | - | 532 | Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Conference Program (1952) | |
| 533 | - | 540 | A Note by the Editors (1952) | |
| 541 | - | 574 | The Position of Humor in Human Communication | |
| 575 | - | 592 | The Place of Emotions in the Feedback Concept | |
| 593 | - | 619 | Homeostasis | |
| 620 | - | 628 | Discrimination and Learning in Octopus | |
| 629 | - | 633 | Reduction of the Number of Possible Boolean Functions | |
| 634 | - | 650 | Central Excitation and Inhibition | |
| 651 | - | 653 | Mechanical Chess Player | |
| 654 | - | 656 | Turbulence as Random Stimulation of Sense Organs | |
| 657 | - | 665 | Investigations on Synaptic Transmission | |
| 666 | - | 676 | Feedback Mechanism in Cellular Biology | |
| 677 | - | 679 | Appendix I: References (1952) | |
| 682 | 1953. Participants | |||
| 683 | Foreword | |||
| 685 | - | 686 | The Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation Conference Program (1953) | |
| 687 | - | 688 | Introductory Remarks | |
| 689 | - | 696 | Studies on Activity of the Brain | |
| 697 | - | 706 | Semantic Information and its Measures | |
| 707 | - | 718 | Meaning in Language and How it is Acquired | |
| 719 | - | 725 | Appendix I: Summary of the Points of Agreement Reached in the Previous Nine Conferences on Cybernetics | |
| 727 | - | 728 | Appendix II: References (1953) | |
| 729 | - | 734 | Index |
