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An edition of The sciences of the artificial (1969)

The sciences of the artificial

3rd ed.

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Outlines a program to develop sciences for artifacts that are usually outside the ambit of natural sciences.

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Publisher
MIT Press
Language
English
Pages
231

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Subjects

Science, Philosophy, Chaotic behavior in systems, Economics, Artificial intelligence

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1996, MIT Press
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1981, MIT Press
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1969, M.I.T. Press
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First Sentence

"About three centuries after Newton we are thoroughly familiar with the concept of natural science—most unequivocally with physical and biological science."

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition
Page ix
Preface to the Second Edition
Page xi
1. Understanding the Natural and Artificial Worlds
Page 1
2. Economic Rationality: Adaptive Artifice
Page 25
3. The Psychology of Thinking: Embedding Artifice in Nature
Page 51
4. Remembering and Learning: Memory as Environment for Thought
Page 85
5. The Science of Design: Creating the Artificial
Page 111
6. Social Planning: Designing the Evolving Artifact
Page 139
7. Alternative Views of Complexity
Page 169
8. The Architecture of Complexity: Hierarchic Systems
Page 183
Name Index
Page 217
Subject Index
Page 221

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cambridge, Mass

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
300.1/1
Library of Congress
Q175 .S564 1996, Q175.S564 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 231 p. :
Number of pages
231

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OL975566M
Internet Archive
sciencesartifici00simo_566
ISBN 10
0262691914
LCCN
96012633
OCLC/WorldCat
34411521
Library Thing
253126
Goodreads
676046

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