ISSN:
1572-8587
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Philosophy
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Nature of Science, Research, Systems of Higher Education, Museum Science
Notes:
Summary The idea of man imitating by his own inventions capacities, considered genuinely human, like talking, making music or thinking, has fascinated man's phantasy at all times. The present article analyzes in the light of philosophy of science some of the attempts to tackle this idea in fields as dissimilar as philosophy, mechanics (cybernetics included), and literature, and it tries to lay bare connexions existing and to describe the history of the influence of this idea. The investigation begins with the 17th century mechanistic materialism and it extends to recent research in „artifical intelligence“.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01800934