On cybernetics, information processing, and thinking

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An examination of the origins, development, and present status of those key cybernetic notions that provide an information-flow framework within which to attack one aspect of the question of how a person thinks; i.e., the question of the information mechanisms and processes which underlie and are correlated with thinking. Defined and analyzed are (1) the origins and scope of cybernetics, (2) information processing in artificial and natural systems, (3) the problem of artificial intelligence, and (4) cybernetics, neurophysiology, and epistemology. 41 pp. Bibliog.

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  • Year: 1964
  • Pages: 46
  • Document Number: P-2879

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