
控制论大脑
The cybernetic brain
Andrew Pickering · 初版 2009 年
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控制论常被认为是一门冷酷的军事或工业控制科学。但正如Andrew Pickering在这本引人入胜的著作中所揭示的那样,从20世纪40年代至今,可以追溯到一种更具活力和实验性质的控制论流派。The Cybernetic Brain探讨了一群在很大程度上被遗忘的英国思想家,包括Grey Walter、Ross Ashby、Gregory Bateson、R. D. Laing、Stafford Beer和Gordon Pask,以及他们在令人眼花缭乱的众多领域中所取得的非凡成果。精神病学、工程学、管理学、政治学、音乐、建筑学、教育学、密宗瑜伽、The Beats以及六十年代反文
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回复刚才问的人:对,就是 Pask。谢啦 biot。我最早是在 Andrew Pickering 写的《The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future》里读到的,书里还有不少其他让人大开眼界的干货。
For those who asked, yes it was Pask. Cheers biot. I first heard about it in the book "The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future" by Andrew Pickering, which contains other eye-opening gems.
……读到书末就很清楚了,该系列之前的几本更偏向约翰·卡特那种剑与行星(sword & planet)科幻,而这一部在题材上算是风格大变。* Andrew Pickering 的《The Cybernetic Brain》充满了各种有趣的工程技术和人物传记细节,我随便关注控制论这么多年都没听说过这些,而且它还探讨了一些关于控制论的挺有意思的元哲学观点……
…By the end of the book, it becomes clear that the previous books in the series are some kind of John Carter style sword & planet SF, & that this entry is a departure in genre. * Andrew Pickering’s The Cybernetic Brain is full of interesting technical & biographical detail I wasn’t aware of from a lifetime of being casually interested in cybernetics, & makes some interesting meta-philosophical points about cybernetics…