The Cybernetic Brain

by Andrew Pickering

Russell, Bertrand

  Russell, Kenn

  SAKI. See Self Adaptive Keyboard Trainer (SAKI)

  SAM machine,

  Samuel Fox Steel Company

  Santa Fe Institutenn–n

  Sarabhai, Giran

  scanningnn

  schizophrenia

  Ashby's research onn

  Bateson's research on

  double bind problem andnnn

  drug treatment for

  Huxley on

  Laing's therapy approach

  Philadelphia communities' approach to

  "rumpus room" experiment

  visionary quality of

  Schöffer, Nicolasn

  science, philosophy ofnnn–

  science fictionn

  biological computers in

  "tortoises" in

  Scientific American,

  scientific observer

  Scott, Bernard

  Scott, Jamesnn

  See kinstallationn

  self

  Ashby's understanding of

  Bateson's research on

  concept in cybernetics

  as exceedingly complex system

  Laing's research on

  role in modernity

  sixties counterculture and

  Zen concept ofnn–

  See also decentering of self; technologies

  of the self

  Self Adaptive Keyboard Trainer (SAKI), ,nn–n

  Self and Others (Laing)

  self-directing missiles

  Sengstan

  sensory deprivation tanksn

  September terrorist attacks

  servo mechanisms

  adaptive

  brain and

  definedn

  Forrester's work on

  production automation and

  as regulators

  strangeness and lifelike qualities of

  theory of

  types of

  See also homeostats; "tortoises," robot

  shamanism

  Shannon, Claudenn

  Sherwood, S. L.n

  Shipton, Harold "Shippy,"

  shock therapies. See alsoelectroshock

  Shorter, E.nn

  Shubik, Martinn

  siddhis, n

  Sigal, Clancynn

  sigma, Trocchi's concept ofnn

  SIGMA firmn

  Silverman, Juliann

  Simon, Herbert

  simplicity within complexity, discovery of

  SIMTOS n

  situated knowledge concept n

  Situationist International group nn

  sixties and counterculture n

  Bateson's activities

  biofeedback and

  cybernetics and

  educational experiments in

  flicker and

  happenings and performance artnn

  lack of achievements inn

  Laing's activities

  mating robots in n

  New Age movement and

  power relations and

  psychiatry and

  psychoactive drugs in

  Trocchi's activities

  Slant (Bear)

  sleep therapy n

  cybernetic equivalent

  Smythies, Johnnnnn

  social asymmetry, cybernetics and

  social engineering concept

  social organization, system models for. See also team syntegrity; viable system model (VSM)

  social planning, cybernetics and

  social sciences n

  Society for Psychical Research n

  Solartron Electronic Group

  Sommerville, Ian

  Sonnabend, Yolandan n

  Sorcerer's Apprentice analogy n

  Soviet Union, cybernetics research in n

  Soyinka, Wole

  Spacecraft (Musica Elettronica Viva Group)

  "spiritual engineering,"

  spirituality, cybernetics and

  affinities between

  Ashby's views on nn–

  Bateson's views on

  Beer's views onn

  earthy quality of n

  ecstasy and

  Laing, R. D.

  madness and

  Pask, G.

  sixties counterculture andnnn–

  Walter, W. G.

  See also Buddhism; Christianity; Eastern r

  eligions and cultures

  Squee robotn

  Stafford Beer: A Personal Memoir(Whittaker)

  Stark, Davidn

  Starks, S. L.n

  state-determined system

  Steadman, Sallie

  steam-engine governorn

  Steiner, Caroln

  Stelarcn

  Stengers, Isabellenn

  step-function values

  Steps to an Ecology of Mind (Bateson)

  Stewart, D. J.n

  Stewart, R. M.

  strange performances and altered states

  Beer and nn–

  "Black Box" idea and n

  cybernetics and

  Esalen Institute and n

  films about n

  flicker and

  madness and

  meditation and

  research on nn–n

  sixties and

  synesthesia and n

  types of n

  See also technologies of the self; specific types

  strobe lightsn. See also flicker

  Studio International, nn–nn

  Sufism

  Sullivan, Harry Stack

  surveillance, cybernetics andnn

  Suzuki, David T.

  symmetric approaches

  adaptive coupling and

  to architectural design

  in arts

  of Beer

  democracy of

  feedback flicker and

  homeostats andnn

  of Musicolour machine

  performative adaptation and

  power and

  to psychiatry

  reciprocal vetoing

  sixties counterculture and

  social feedback and

  Synchon

  synesthesiann.

  See also strange performances

  and altered states

  syntegrity, teamnn–

  Syntegrity Groupn

  synthesizersnn

  System Research n nnn

  systems theory.

  See also exceedingly complex

  systems

  tae-kwon-do

  Talking Heads

  tantric yogan

  Targ, Russelln

  Teachings of Don Juan, The (Castaneda)

  Team Decision System (TDS)n

  team syntegrity

  technologies of the self

  adaptive architecture and

  Ashby's understanding of

  biofeedback as

  Burroughs's "Switchboard" creationn

  drugs and nn

  flicker and

  meditation and n

  Planetary Collegium and

  psychoactive drugs and

  sensory deprivation tanks n

  sixties counterculture and

  strange performances and nn

  surrender of control and n

  theater and

  yogic breathing n

  Teitelbaum, Richard n

  Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE)

  telepathyn

  television, scanning mechanism in

  Templeborough Rolling Mills

  "temporal emergence" concept

  Tenney, James

  terrorism

  Thalès, n

  theater

  happenings and performance art n

  interactive

  Musicolour lighting system

  Pask's cybernetic,

  sixties counterculture

  "Theatre of Cruelty,"

  Theatre Union

  Theatre Workshop

  theory of everything, cybernetics as n

  the
osophy

  thermostats n

  theta rhythms, brain n

  Thinking by Machine: A Study of Cybernetics

  (Ashby)

  Thorndike, E.

  Thorne, Elsie Maud

  Thoughtsticker, ,n

  Thousand Plateaus, A (Deleuze and Guattari)

  time and temporality

  Ashby's views onn

  cybernetics and

  Timemagazine

  Toffler, Alvinn

  "tortoises," robot, ,

  actions of, , nn–

  as adaptive mechanisms

  behaviors of

  "Black Box" ontology

  brain of,

  commercialization of

  CORA addition to

  descendants of

  described

  emergent properties of

  fixed goals of

  hobbyist character of

  homeostats contrasted with

  influence ofn

  madness induced in

  mating dance, ,

  mirror dance, ,

  as models of brain

  as not-brains

  ontology of

  performative engagement of

  in popular culture

  salvaged surplus components in

  scanning behavior

  "world" of

  "Tortue de Vienne et les Autres Travaux, La"

  (Zemanek)

  Toward a Rational Society (Habermas)

  Townshend, Peten

  Toyton, Norman,

  training and teaching machines, cybernetic

  CASTE

  Eucrates

  military applications

  Musicolour

  SAKI nn–n

  Thoughtstickern

  trancenn. See also

  strange performances and altered

  states

  transcendental statesn.

  See also meditation

  trepanningn

  trial-and-error process

  Trocchi, Alexandernn

  Trocco, F.n

  Truss, Joe

  Tschumi, Bernhardn

  Tudor, David

  turbulence, studies of

  Turing, Alann

  Two Accounts of a Journey through Madness

  (Barnes and Berke)

  : A Space Odyssey (film)

  U2

  Ulrich, Wernern

  ultrastable machines

  United Nationsnn

  United Steel

  University of Bradfordn

  University of Bristoln

  University of Illinois Biological Computer

  Laboratorynn

  University of Readingn

  urban planning,

  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  Uttley, Albertn

  Varela, Francisconnnn

  Varieties of Religious Experience ( James)

  Vaucanson, Jacques de

  Vedas

  Verbeek, L.n

  viable system model (VSM) of organization, ,–nn–

  applied to Chilean government

  applied to international relations

  concept's origin and development

  as diagnostic tool

  goals and

  goals of

  Great Chain of Being and

  human nervous system as model for, ,

  influence of

  key elements of

  ontology and epistemology of

  political critique of

  politics of

  as representational model

  Ulrich's critique of

  Villa , Shenley Hospitalnn

  Vinkenoog, Simon

  visions. See also strange perfor-

  mances and altered states

  Waldrop, M.nn–

  Walker, Craytonn

  Walking City,

  Wallace, R. A.

  Wallwork, S. C.n

  Walter, W. Grey, ,–,

  Ashby and

  BBC appearance

  Beer influenced by

  CORA circuit

  critique of work

  The Curve of the Snowflake (Further Outlook), nnn

  cybernetics approach of

  cybernetics as hobby for

  cybernetics described by

  EEG research

  first name not used by

  as first-generation cybernetician

  flicker and

  head injury

  "An Imitation of Life,"

  influence of research

  life and career

  The Living Brain, nn

  neurophysiology research ofnn

  Parr andn

  "Presentation,"

  Ratio Club and

  research on flicker

  robot "tortoises" built by, ,n

  Scientific American article

  spirituality and

  strange performances discussed by

  synesthesia studied byn

  writers influenced by

  writings of

  warfare, cybernetics andnnn

  Warren, W. J. "Bunny," n

  Watkins, Jesse

  Watts, Alann

  Watts, Tonyn

  Way of Zen, The (Watts)

  Weakland, John

  Web of Life, The(Capra)n

  Wedgewood-Benn, Anthonyn

  Weibel, Petern

  Wells, Oliver

  Wenner-Grenn Foundation

  Whitehead, Alfred North

  Whittaker, David

  Whole Earth Catalog, The,–

  Wiener, Norbert,

  Ashby andn

  Bateson andn

  Cybernetics; or, Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine, nn

  "cybernetics" coined by

  cybernetics research ofnn

  homeostat described by

  The Human Use of Human Beings,

  Pask and

  Sorcerer's apprentice analogyn

  wartime work

  weapons research ofnnnn

  writings of

  Willats, Stephenn

  Wilson, Colinnn

  Wilson, Harold

  Wisdom of the Body, The (Cannon)n

  Wolfe, Tom

  Wolff, Christiann

  Wolfram, Stephen

  commercial workn

  complexity research ofn

  mathematical researches ofn

  A New Kind of Science,

  social basis of work

  Wolfram Research

  Woodard, Davidn

  workplace production, cybernetics and

  yantras. See mandalas

  yogan. See also tantric yoga

  yogic breathingn

  yogis and fakirs, feats ofn.

  See also strange performances and altered

  states

  Zeidner, Josephn

  Zemanek, Heinznn

  Zen koansn

  Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologien

  Zone of the Interior (Sigal)