Theory of knowledge and cybernetics, Kyiv, Vydavnytstvo politychnoii literatury Ukraiiny [Publishing house of political literature of Ukraine], 1964, 68 p.

The brochure covers the role, foundations, and significance of cybernetics in the light of Marxist-Leninist philosophy and theory of knowledge. In particular, in this context, the meaning of the subject and object of cognition in cybernetics, the distinction between information and reflection are considered. The author also addresses the issue of human-machine interaction and the possibility of functional modeling of human thinking. Special attention is paid to the criticism of the Western interpretation of cybernetics as inspired by the idealistic philosophical tradition.

Contents

Philosophy and cybernetics

Subject and object – the most important categories of the theory of knowledge

The material and the ideal. Reflection and information

Thinking and cybernetics. Understanding and reason

Human and machine