Maszyny i symbole (I) – semantyczne aspekty cybernetyki i automatyzacji
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2011
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Oficyna Wydawnicza Epigram
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This article is the first part of the cycle titled “Machines and symbols”. The
main issue of this cycle may be formulated as a question: can machines and technical
devices operate with symbols? A very important problem raised in this essay is the
difference between symbols and signals. The concept of signal is also broadly discussed
in the paper, because there are many different definitions of this concept. The present text contains semantic and philosophical considerations concerning cybernetics, mathematical theory of communication, industrial semiotics and semio-technics. In these theories, terms “symbol” and “signal” are often used interchangeably which leads to misconceptions. One of the most frequent misconceptions is confusing discrete
signals with symbols. The author focused on communication systems where machines
are senders and humans are receivers, because descriptions of these systems tend
towards anthropomorphization of a machine-sender. This tendency makes signals
sent out by machines treated as symbols comprehensible by a human-receiver. Another
interesting aspect of machine-human communication systems is the treatment of a
human-receiver as some kind of machine. Such an idea is called “mechanomorphism”.
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Symbol, Sygnał, Mechanomorfizm, Semiotyka Przemysłowa, Cybernetyka, Prakseosemiotyka
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Filo-Sofija, 2011, nr 12, ss. 397-425
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1642-3267