Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Information and Human Mind

  • Chapter
The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes

  • 160 Accesses

Abstract

FOR a long time, philosophy has been concerned with the question: What is mind? The advances in psychology, neurology, and informatics, especially in the field of artificial intelligence, have resulted in the phenomenon of mind becoming an object of investigation using scientific disciplines of natural and structural sciences. Thus new philosophical and epistemological issues are raised and ancient questions are put forth in a new form, such as the relationship of mind to the material world.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Sources

  1. Berkeley, G. [1920], A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Berlin.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Churchland, P.S. [ 1956 ], Neurophilosophy. Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain, Cambridge, Mass.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Dehlbrueck, M. [ 1986 ], Wahrheit und Wirklichkeit. Ueber die Evolution des Erkennens, Hamburg.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Descartes, R. [1922], Prinzipien der Philosophie, Leipzig.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Fodor, J.A. [ 1981 ], Representations, Cambridge, Mass.

    Google Scholar 

  6. Fuchs-Kittowski, K. [ 1987 ], “Systems and Form, Content and Effects of Information”. in System Design for Human Development and Productivity: Participation and Beyond, edited by K. Fuchs-Kittowski, D. Gertenbach, pp. 48–59, Berlin.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Hegel, G.W.F. [1949], Encyclopaedie der philosophischen Wissenschaften Leipzig.

    Google Scholar 

  8. Holbach, P.H.D. [1960], System der Natur, p. 140/141, Berlin.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Jantsch, E. [1982], Die Selbstorganisation des Universums. Vom Urknall zum menschlichen Geist, Muenchen.

    Google Scholar 

  10. Leibnitz, G.W. [1966], Kleinere philosophische Schriften, p. 17–30.

    Google Scholar 

  11. Marx, K. & Engels, F. [1953], Die heilige Familie und andere philosophische Fruehschriften, p. 84–87, Berlin.

    Google Scholar 

  12. Teilhard de Chardin, P. [ 1959 ], Der Mensch im Kosmos, Muenchen.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Authors
  1. Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institut d’Informatique, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium

    Jacques Berleur

  2. Faculty of Library and Information Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Andrew Clement

  3. British Computer Society, London, UK

    Richard Sizer

  4. London Business School, London, UK

    Diane Whitehouse

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1990 Springer Science+Business Media New York

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Fuchs-Kittowski, K. (1990). Information and Human Mind. In: Berleur, J., Clement, A., Sizer, R., Whitehouse, D. (eds) The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4328-9_27

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4328-9_27

  • Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY

  • Print ISBN: 978-0-387-97453-8

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4757-4328-9

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation