Kybernetes
September 21, 2023
Kip Errett Patterson
Purpose The purpose of this conceptual paper is to demonstrate how memes perpetuate trauma with a schematic. This conceptual paper uses the “begin with the end in mind” meme to format the presentation of the necessary components for the schematic of how trauma persists across generations. It is the third paper in a series of applications of the recursive, test-operate-test schematic to the...
Kybernetes
May 7, 2019
Ángel García-Baños
Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the formulation of a theory of consciousness based only on computational processes. In this manner, sound computational explanations of qualia and the “hard problem” of consciousness are provided in response to a lack of physical, chemical and psychological explanations. Design/methodology/approach The study analyses the little that can be objectively...
Kybernetes
April 10, 2009
Alex M. Andrew
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review machine consciousness (MC) and machine modelling of consciousness (MMC) with acknowledgement that their study may contribute to understanding of biological consciousness. The death of Peter Fellgett, the first Professor of Cybernetics in the UK, is noted, with a brief reference to his work on infra‐red spectroscopy and slightly more on his work on...
Kybernetes
2005
Tom Ziemke
PurposeTo point out the relevance of Heinz von Foerster's work to modern embodied cognitive science and artifical intelligence research.Design/methodology/approachThe paper discusses (a) von Foerster's contributions to understanding the limitations of the computer metaphor which has long dominated cognitive science, and (b) his theories concerning how reality is constructed in organizationally...
Kybernetes
December 1, 2002
Stanley Krippner, Allan Combs
7 citations
This systems model of dreaming consciousness examines the self‐organizing properties of the sleeping brain, offering a step towards reconciling brain‐based and content‐based attempts to understand the nature of dreaming. The brain can be understood as a complex self‐organizing system that, in dreaming, responds to subtle influences such as residual feelings and memories. The...
Kybernetes
April 1, 1975
W. Stallings
In recent years, evidence has accumulated that there are four distinct states of consciousness under normal conditions; in addition to the three commonly experienced states of wakefulness, sleep, and dreaming, there is a fourth state achieved by various Eastern meditation techniques. A model of man is discussed that could account for these states. This model, inspired by the concepts of...