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Publication date: 1 January 2005

Stefano Franchi, Güven Güzeldere and Erich Minch

Seeks to promote an understanding of a multidisciplinary approach to artificial intelligence and the humanities.

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Purpose

Seeks to promote an understanding of a multidisciplinary approach to artificial intelligence and the humanities.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is based on an interview with Heinz von Foerster.

Findings

Describes von Foerster's personal and intellectual journey which made him a transdisciplinary scientist and the founder and director of the Biological Computer Laboratory.

Originality/value

Provides a better understanding in how the complexity of scientific practice should be reflected in an open and flexible attitude towards the objects of enquiry.

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Kybernetes, vol. 34 no. 1/2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0368-492X

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Article
Publication date: 1 February 2004

John F. Gaski and Nina M. Ray

Of all the social phenomena that have been investigated in the distribution channel context – including power, conflict, dependence, role performance, and opportunism – one that…

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Of all the social phenomena that have been investigated in the distribution channel context – including power, conflict, dependence, role performance, and opportunism – one that has escaped attention until now is alienation. Borrowing from traditional behavioral science and consumer behavior, the following monograph defines the concept of distributor alienation and elaborates a method for its measurement. After surviving a validation regimen, the measure is applied within the confines of a test of a theoretical model. The results may provide a preliminary framework for a future structure of channel alienation theory.

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International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, vol. 34 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0960-0035

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