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The Logos of Computer Logorrhea

1975; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 5; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2190/9l2k-gwfb-g285-32e3

1541-3780

Jere Jones, A. Richard Shriver, Nicholas Lambesis,

Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry

Cybernetics, the “science” relating the modus operandi of computing machines to man, has fostered a number of myths that cloud the way we talk about computers. And even though these cybernetics myths are not always taken seriously by the philosopher, engineer, or computer programmer, a misleading and imprecise vocabulary of computer logorrhea has evolved which threatens to obscure man's ability to use the electronic computing machine as a tool. This paper represents an inquiry into the roots of several cybernetics-related misconceptions and some of the consequent anthropomorphic nonsense and grammatical falacies which permeate our thinking and our language.