Systems Theory and Scientific Philosophy

An Application of the Cybernetics of W. Ross Ashby to Personal and Social Philosophy, the Philosophy of Mind, and the Problems of Artificial Intelligence

John Bryant author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University Press of America

Published:7th Oct '91

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Systems Theory and Scientific Philosophy constitutes a totally new approach to philosophy, the philosophy of mind and the problems of artificial intelligence, and is based upon the pioneering work in cybernetics of W. Ross Ashby. While science is humanity's attempt to know how the world works and philosophy its attempt to know why, scientific philosophy is the application of scientific techniques to questions of philosophy. In this vein, Bryant explores utility theory, the theories of relative existence and build-up release, and analyzes such hitherto-unidentified phenomena as positive pleasure, the problems of voting motivation, the trademark paradox, the paradox of value, and Gresham's Law for drugs. Contents: Part One: Science and Systems Theory; Part Two: Mind and System; Part Three: Systems Theory and Social Philosophy.

...useful and lucid explanation of systems theory. It deserves to be widely read. -- Geoff Simons, author and Former Chief Editor, The National Computing Centre, Manchester, England
...useful and lucid explanation of systems theory. It deserves to be widely read. -- Geoff Simons, author and Former Chief Editor, The National Computing Centre, Manchester, England

ISBN: 9780819183033

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm

Weight: 454g

288 pages