Artificial Science. Perspectives on Complexity

Author: [USA] Herbert A. Simon
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: As the winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Economics, the author of this book pioneered the concept of "artificial science." The author examines how the human brain works in the book, discusses the adaptability of the mind, studies the process of the brain solving problems and general cognitive structures, and focuses on the processes of memory and learning. The book challenges traditional thinking and highlights the complexity of artificial intelligence. This is a new addition to the "Golden Fleece Book Series," which compiles popular science works by many Nobel laureates over the past half-century. This book is one of the representative works of Nobel laureate Herbert A. Simon and is the Chinese translation of the third edition revised in 1996. The third edition includes a completely new chapter titled "Complexity in All Its Aspects," revises the textual content, and updates some data. The author pioneered the concept of "artificial science," using it to connect fields such as economics, cognitive psychology, learning science, design science, management, and complexity research, offering readers profound insights. The book challenges traditional thinking, points out the areas artificial intelligence aims to achieve, reveals the significance of artificiality and hierarchy for complexity, and explains from multiple perspectives why artificial science is possible and attempts to define its nature. The fundamental theme of the book is: material symbolic systems possess the necessary and sufficient means to take intelligent actions.