Systems, Machines, and Problem-solving: The Modern Form of Problem-solving - Couverture rigide

Stephanou, Henri

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3111492575 ISBN 13 : 9783111492575

Editeur : De Gruyter, 2025

Synopsis

The notion of problem solving has become central to science education and the cognitive sciences, but it is still peripheral to many philosophies of knowledge and science. In fact, the term only became popular in the course of the twentieth century, as humanity's ability to solve theoretical and practical problems grew at a seemingly exponential rate. This book questions both the nature of problem solving and its effectiveness in transforming our human practices. We argue that this is linked to the idea that some of our enquiries can be summarized in systematic procedures. Examples are the proof of a theorem within an axiomatic theory, a production line within an industrial factory, or an administrative procedure within a bureaucratic system. Although such a form has been common in mathematics since antiquity, it was only in modern times that the possibility of being systematic in the natural sciences and technical disciplines was discovered. The emergence of the modern concepts of system and machine was key to this expansion and to the scientific, industrial and digital revolutions. Problem solving thus appears as the fundamental form of the modern concept of knowledge.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Henri Stephanou, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris, France.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: De Gruyter
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3111492575
• ISBN 13: 9783111492575
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 386
• Coordonnées du fabricant: De Gruyter; https://blog.degruyter.com; ; Genthiner Stra?e 13; Berlin; 10785; Allemagne