Cybernetics Expected and Cybernetics Unexpected (Kibernetika Ozhidaemaya i Kibernetika Neozhidannaya)

Abstract

The document is a collection of articles by Soviet and non-Soviet scientists presented as a free discussion illuminating controversial and unsolved problems in cybernetics from different viewpoints. The authors of these papers oppose those who are against cybernetics as well as those who propose to substitute cybernetics for all other concrete and abstract sciences. Many of the articles deal with needed redefinitions in the area of cybernetics, with particular application to such terms as 'life,' 'psyche,' 'thinking machines,' 'control of life,' etc. Although many different viewpoints are presented, the book contains no fantasy which contradicts science but permits exercising the imagination without which scientific research is impossible.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 13, 1971
Accession Number
AD0726970

Entities

People

  • A. I. Berg
  • E. Kol'man
  • V. D. Pekelis

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Phenomena
  • Chemistry
  • Complex Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Economic Systems
  • Employment
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Processing
  • Linguistics
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Processes
  • Neurons
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Physical Theories
  • Psychology
  • Recreation

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies
  • Theoretical Analysis.