Naslov
The Role of Process Ontology in Cybernetics

Autori
Skansi, Sandro ; Šekrst, Kristina

Izvornik
Synthesis philosophica (0352-7875) 36 (2021), 2; 461-469

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
cybernetics, process ontology, analogy, principle of compositionality, dualism

Sažetak
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.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski

Znanstvena područja
Računarstvo, Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti, Filozofija, Kognitivna znanost (prirodne, tehničke, biomedicina i zdravstvo, društvene i humanističke znanosti)

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