Overview

The operation of understanding is the fundamental methodical procedure of hermeneutics and is usually seen as contradiction to scientific explanation by the usage of mathematical models. Yet understanding is the basic way in which humans organize their everyday practice, namely by understanding other people and social situations. In this book the authors demonstrate how an integration of hermeneutical understanding and scientific explanation can be done via the construction of suited geometrical models with neural networks of processes of understanding. In this sense the authors develop some kind of mathematical hermeneutics. Connecting links for the integration of the two methodical poles are the developments of particular models of Artificial Intelligence (AI), which are able to perform certain tasks of understanding.

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Author:   Jürgen Klüver ,  Christina Klüver
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2011 ed.
Volume:   47
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.220kg
ISBN:  

9789048199105

ISBN 10:   9048199107
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   27 December 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION: HISTORICAL, METHODICAL, AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMES.- 2. THE OPERATION CALLED “VERSTEHEN”: CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT FORMAL.- SYSTEMATIZATIONS OF UNDERSTANDING.- 3. MENTAL MODELS, THE GEOMETRY OF MEANING GENERATION AND OF INFORMATION.- 4. THE UNDERSTANDING OF LEARNING.- 5. THE HUMAN FACTOR: UNDERSTANDING HUMANS BY ARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS.- 6. CONCLUSIONS: AI AND A UNIFIED SCIENCE.- REFERENCES.

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From the reviews: This very slim volume is an amazing tour through the philosophy of science (and the humanities), artificial intelligence (AI), and simulation. It demonstrates impressive scholarship over a diverse collection of disciplines. ... The book has only 250 pages of text, plus references and an index. It is organized in five chapters, each of which has a theme. ... Research on STEM education can be as challenging as research on discipline--if better questions are asked. This book can help scholars do this. (Anthony J. Duben, ACM Computing Reviews, December, 2011)

From the reviews: This very slim volume is an amazing tour through the philosophy of science (and the humanities), artificial intelligence (AI), and simulation. It demonstrates impressive scholarship over a diverse collection of disciplines. ... The book has only 250 pages of text, plus references and an index. It is organized in five chapters, each of which has a theme. ... Research on STEM education can be as challenging as research on discipline--if better questions are asked. This book can help scholars do this. (Anthony J. Duben, ACM Computing Reviews, December, 2011)

From the reviews: “This very slim volume is an amazing tour through the philosophy of science (and the humanities), artificial intelligence (AI), and simulation. It demonstrates impressive scholarship over a diverse collection of disciplines. … The book has only 250 pages of text, plus references and an index. It is organized in five chapters, each of which has a theme. … Research on STEM education can be as challenging as research on discipline--if better questions are asked. This book can help scholars do this.” (Anthony J. Duben, ACM Computing Reviews, December, 2011)

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