CiNii 図書 - Models of my life

In this candid and witty autobiography, Nobel laureate Herbert A. Simon looks at his distinguished and varied career, continually asking himself whether (and how) what he learned as a scientist helps to explain other aspects of his life. A brilliant polymath in an age of increasing specialization, Simon is one of those rare scholars whose work defines fields of inquiry. Crossing disciplinary lines in half a dozen fields, Simon's story encompasses an explosion in the information sciences, the transformation of psychology by the information-processing paradigm, and the use of computer simulation for modeling the behavior of highly complex systems. Simon's theory of bounded rationality led to a Nobel Prize in economics, and his work on building machines that think-based on the notion that human intelligence is the rule-governed manipulation of symbols-laid conceptual foundations for the new cognitive science. Subsequently, contrasting metaphors of the maze (Simon's view) and of the mind (neural nets) have dominated the artificial intelligence debate. There is also a warm account of his successful marriage and of an unconsummated love affair, letters to his children, columns, a short story, and political and personal intrigue in academe.

Part I Journey to a 21st birthday: the boy in Wisconsin
forests and fields
education in Chicago
encounter with a scientific revolution - political science at Chicago. Part II The scientist as a young man: a taste of research - the City Managers' Association
managing research - Berkeley
teaching at Illinois Tech
a matter of loyalty
building a business school - the Graduate School of Industrial Administration
research and science politics
mazes without minotaurs
roots of artificial intelligence
climbing the mountain - artificial intelligence achieved. Part III View from the mountain: exploring the plain
personal threads in the warp
creating a university environment for cognitive science and A.I.
on being argumentative
the student troubles
the scientist as politician
foreign adventures. Part IV Research after 60: from Nobel to now
the amateur diplomat in China and the Soviet Union
guides for choice. Afterword: the scientist as problem solver.

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