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Dialogues
Taschenbuch von Peter Butko (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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The first English translation of a nonfiction work by Stanislaw Lem, which was "conceived under the spell of cybernetics" in 1957 and updated in 1971.

In 1957, Stanislaw Lem published Dialogues, a book "conceived under the spell of cybernetics," as he wrote in the preface to the second edition. Mimicking the form of Berkeley's Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, Lem's original dialogue was an attempt to unravel the then-novel field of cybernetics. It was a testimony, Lem wrote later, to "the almost limitless cognitive optimism" he felt upon his discovery of cybernetics. This is the first English translation of Lem's Dialogues, including the text of the first edition and the later essays added to the second edition in 1971.

For the second edition, Lem chose not to revise the original. Recognizing the naivete of his hopes for cybernetics, he constructed a supplement to the first dialogue, which consists of two critical essays, the first a summary of the evolution of cybernetics, the second a contribution to the cybernetic theory of the "sociopathology of governing," amending the first edition's discussion of the pathology of social regulation; and two previously published articles on related topics. From the vantage point of 1971, Lem observes that original book, begun as a search for methods "that would increase our understanding of both the human and nonhuman worlds," was in the end "an expression of the cognitive curiosity and anxiety of modern thought."
The first English translation of a nonfiction work by Stanislaw Lem, which was "conceived under the spell of cybernetics" in 1957 and updated in 1971.

In 1957, Stanislaw Lem published Dialogues, a book "conceived under the spell of cybernetics," as he wrote in the preface to the second edition. Mimicking the form of Berkeley's Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, Lem's original dialogue was an attempt to unravel the then-novel field of cybernetics. It was a testimony, Lem wrote later, to "the almost limitless cognitive optimism" he felt upon his discovery of cybernetics. This is the first English translation of Lem's Dialogues, including the text of the first edition and the later essays added to the second edition in 1971.

For the second edition, Lem chose not to revise the original. Recognizing the naivete of his hopes for cybernetics, he constructed a supplement to the first dialogue, which consists of two critical essays, the first a summary of the evolution of cybernetics, the second a contribution to the cybernetic theory of the "sociopathology of governing," amending the first edition's discussion of the pathology of social regulation; and two previously published articles on related topics. From the vantage point of 1971, Lem observes that original book, begun as a search for methods "that would increase our understanding of both the human and nonhuman worlds," was in the end "an expression of the cognitive curiosity and anxiety of modern thought."
Über den Autor
Stanislaw Lem; translated by Peter Butko
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface to the Second Edition vii
Dialogues
I 3
II 21
III 31
IV 47
V 63
VI 99
VII 115
VIII 163
Supplement 1: The Dialogues Sixteen Years Later
Lost Illusions, or From Intellectronics to Informatics 193
Applied Cybernetics: An Example from Sociology 219
Supplement 2: Additional Essays
The Ethics of Technology and the Technology of Ethics 241
Biology and Values 283
Translator's Notes 335
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780262542937
ISBN-10: 0262542935
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Butko, Peter
Lem, Stanislaw
Übersetzung: Butko, Peter
Hersteller: MIT Press Ltd
Maße: 228 x 154 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Peter Butko (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,441 kg
Artikel-ID: 119949886
Über den Autor
Stanislaw Lem; translated by Peter Butko
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface to the Second Edition vii
Dialogues
I 3
II 21
III 31
IV 47
V 63
VI 99
VII 115
VIII 163
Supplement 1: The Dialogues Sixteen Years Later
Lost Illusions, or From Intellectronics to Informatics 193
Applied Cybernetics: An Example from Sociology 219
Supplement 2: Additional Essays
The Ethics of Technology and the Technology of Ethics 241
Biology and Values 283
Translator's Notes 335
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780262542937
ISBN-10: 0262542935
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Butko, Peter
Lem, Stanislaw
Übersetzung: Butko, Peter
Hersteller: MIT Press Ltd
Maße: 228 x 154 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Peter Butko (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,441 kg
Artikel-ID: 119949886
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