The human face of cybernetics: Heinz von Foerster and the history of a movement that failed...

Kybernetes

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 551-557

  Krieg, Peter ^a  

^a Pile Systems Inc   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; Cybernetics; History

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HISTORY; INFORMATION THEORY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SYSTEM THEORY; TRANSISTORS;

COMPLEX COMPUTERS; COMPLEXITY THEORY; COOPERATIVE SCIENCES; ELECTRONIC TUBES;

CYBERNETICS;

EID: 20444466038     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920510581729     Document Type: Article

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3. von Foerster, H. (1981a), Responsibilities of Competence, von Foerster, H. (1971), Observing Systems, Intersystems Publications, Seaside, p. 209.
4. von Foerster, H. (1981b), "Perception of the future, and the future of perception", Observing Systems, p. 192, 206.
5. Weizenbaum, J. (1976), Computer Power and Human Reason - From Judgement to Calculation, W.H. Freeman & Company, New York, NY, p. 260.