Cybernetics in the Republic
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DOI: 10.1177/09526951221134478
Abstract: Plato's Republic lurks in cybernetics, a word popularly attributed to US American mathematician Norbert Wiener (1894–1964). In his accounts of how he came up with it, however, Wiener never mentions Plato, though he does note… read more here.
Keywords: wiener; word; cybernetics republic; ancient athens ... See more keywords