THE ANALYSIS OF THE DECISIONMAKING PROCESS IN MECHANISTIC AND CYBERNETIC CONCEPTS OF HUMAN BEING Cover Image

Analiza procesu decyzyjnego w koncepcjach człowieka – mechanistycznej i cybernetycznej
THE ANALYSIS OF THE DECISIONMAKING PROCESS IN MECHANISTIC AND CYBERNETIC CONCEPTS OF HUMAN BEING

Author(s): Teresa Grabińska, Maria Kamińska-Zabierowska
Subject(s): Politics, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego “Apeiron” w Krakowie
Keywords: hobbes’ anthropology; mechanism of appetite and aversion; mazur’s autonom; information processing; motivation

Summary/Abstract: There are discussed two models of human reactions to stimuli from the environment. In the mechanistic model, the decision-making process is determined and triggered by internal power, and this is fueled by the acquisition of external goods. In the cybernetic model, man is an autonomous system, i.e. equipped with so-called homeostat, which regulates the processing of information from outside, according to his own purpose to influence the environment. Both models are compared in terms of the effect of the decision. While the man-machine regulates the state of the environment in overcoming conflict in it, the man-autonom has a wider field of action to modify the state of the environment, according to his own goal. In both models, however, there is no room for a value system that motivates the decision-making process.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 71-86
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish
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