The Role of Process Ontology in Cybernetics

Znanstveni rad - Ostalo

• Autor: Sandro Skansi; MBZ: 343196
• Autor: Kristina Šekrst
• Autorova ustanova: Sveučilište u Zagrebu; Fakultet hrvatskih studija; (ODSJEK ZA FILOZOFIJU I KULTUROLOGIJU)
• Znanstveno / umjetničko područje, polje i grana: HUMANISTIČKE ZNANOSTI; Filozofija

Sažetak (hrvatski)

The purpose of this paper is to show the role of process ontology in cybernetics. The philosophical foundations of cybernetics were laid by Norbert Wiener, who used a language full of human-machine metaphors described in terms of information, feedback, and control. We will show that various fields of science still use essentially cybernetic definitions today, which will lead us to a reformulation of such a language from a philosophical point of view: The goal of cybernetics is the study of process analogies. Using the principle of compositionality, we will show how a cyberneticist can easily argue for the ontological sameness of two processes. Such a framework could lead to cybernetics being seen as a fully grounded philosophical theory. As a corollary, we point out that there is a growing need for cybernetics because, thanks to its specific process ontology, it provides a theoretical framework that ontologically bridges dualisms that occur throughout contemporary science.

• Ključne riječi (hrvatski): cybernetics; process ontology; analogy; principle of compositionality; dualism
• Jezik: hrvatski
• Vrsta publikacije: Znanstveni rad - Ostalo
• Status objave: Objavljen
• Vrsta recenzije: Recenziran
• Verzija publikacije: Objavljena verzija rada (izdavačev PDF)
• Naslov časopisa: Synthesis philosophica
• Brojčani podaci: vol. 36, br. 2, str. 461-469
• p-ISSN: 0352-7875
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36211
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:111:863112
• Datum objave publikacije: 2021
• URL dokumenta: http://bib.irb.hr/1235595
• Vrsta resursa: Tekst
• Prava pristupa: Otvoreni pristup
• Datum i vrijeme pohrane: 2023-03-28 08:20:54