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Joseph Weizenbaum on Theories - Dictionary of Arguments

I 190
Theory/Weizenbaum: a theory is first and foremost a text, i.e. a concatenation of the signs of an alphabet. But in a deeper sense it is also a symbolic construction. Even the terms used in a theory are symbols that try to reach out to their meaning in the real world. (See Abraham Kaplan 1964(1).)
>Meaning
, >Symbols, >World, >Reality, >World/Thinking.
I 205
Theory/Weizenbaum: its value lies not so much in the accumulation of the laws it formulates as in the structure that connects them with each other.
>Laws, >Structures.

1. Abraham Kaplan, The Conduct of Inquiry, San Franzisco, 1964, p. 296.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Weizenbaum I
Joseph Weizenbaum
Computer Power and Human Reason. From Judgment to Calculation, W. H. Freeman & Comp. 1976
German Edition:
Die Macht der Computer und die Ohnmacht der Vernunft Frankfurt/M. 1978


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