Social Understanding On Hermeneutics, Geometrical Models and Artificial Intelligence /

• Main Authors: Klüver, Jürgen (Author), Klüver, Christina (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Theory and Decision Library A:, Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences ; 47
• Subjects: Computer science.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer simulation.; Application software.; Computer Science.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Simulation and Modeling.

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 othe...

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.