“An opportunity for cybernetics to change the course of the philosophy of mind was missed when intentionality was misinterpreted as "the providing of coded knowledge."”

—  Igor Aleksander

Aleksander (2001) in: New scientist. Vol. 169. p.56 cited in: Jacques Vallée (2003) The Heart of the Internet. p.8

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "An opportunity for cybernetics to change the course of the philosophy of mind was missed when intentionality was misint…" by Igor Aleksander?
Igor Aleksander photo
Igor Aleksander9
scientist 1937

Related quotes

Ervin László photo

“The natural philosophy of the new developments in the sciences is a systems philosophy. When properly articulated, it can give us both factual and normative knowledge. Exploring such knowledge and applying it in determining our future is an opportunity we cannot afford to miss. For if we do not, another chapter of terrestrial evolution will come to an end, and its unique experiment with rational consciousness will be written off as a failure.”

Ervin László (1932) Hungarian musician and philosopher

Source: Introduction to Systems Philosophy (1972), p. 120.

John Allen Paulos photo

“There are, of course, innumerable abuses, countless possible misinterpretations, and depressingly many biased studies, but, done right, the process works; it yields knowledge.”

John Allen Paulos book A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

Source: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995), Chapter 42, “New Survey Reveal Changing Attitudes” (p. 180)

Aidan Chambers photo

“Sometimes the course of our lives depends on what we do or don't do in a few seconds, a heartbeat, when we either seize the opportunity, or just miss it. Miss the moment and you never get a chance again.”

Aidan Chambers (1934) British children's writer

Source: Dying to Know You

Abba Eban photo

“The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.”

Abba Eban (1915–2002) Israeli diplomat and politician

As quoted in The Jerusalem Post (18 November 2002) http://www.factsofisrael.com/blog/archives/000491.html; often misquoted as "Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity." The quote is attributed to Abba Eban after the Geneva Peace Conference http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/geneva.html with Arab countries (21 December 1973).

Lily Tomlin photo

“Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.”

Lily Tomlin (1939) American actress, comedian, writer, and producer

Contributions of Jane Wagner

Jane Wagner photo

“Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.”

Jane Wagner (1935) Playwright, actress

Other material for Lily Tomlin

Eleftherios Venizelos photo

“Of course the King is mistaken. But is natural that he should be frighten of taking the plunge. We have lost a great opportunity by not intervening at once. But later the King may change his mind, and it may be not too late.”

Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936) Greek politician

Source: Victory of Venizelos, 1920, p. 176 ; After one of the many attempts of Venizelos to persuade King Constantine, that Greece should join the Allies in the World War I.

Bob Dylan photo

“do Not create anything, it will be
misinterpreted. it will not change.
it will follow you the rest of your life.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

"Advice for Geraldine on Her Miscellaneous" (1964)

“Hence we may recognize the subject of management cybernetics — which is seen as a rich provider of models for doing OR.”

Anthony Stafford Beer (1926–2002) British theorist, consultant, and professor

Source: Decision and control: the meaning of operational research and management cybernetics, 1966, p. 239.

Related topics