Una teoria cibernetica delle persone: come Sellars ha naturalizzato Kant

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  • Carl Sachs Marymount University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4454/philinq.v10i1.389

Parole chiave:

cybernetics, Immanuel Kant, Wilfrid Sellars, behaviorism, enactivism

Abstract

Sostengo che la naturalizzazione di Kant da parte di Sellars debba essere compresa in termini di utilizzo della psicologia comportamentista e della cibernetica. Esploro innanzitutto come Sellars abbia utilizzato la psicologia cognitivo-comportamentale di Edward Tolman per naturalizzare Kant nel primo saggio “Language, Rules, and Behavior”. Poi mi soffermo sulla comprensione di Norbert Wiener dei cicli di retroazione e della causalità circolare. Su questa base sostengo che la distinzione di Sellars tra significare e raffigurare, introdotta in “Essere e conoscere”, può essere compresa nei termini di quello che chiamo comportamentismo cibernetico. Interpreto l'immaginare in termini di cicli di comportamento cibernetico e il significare in termini di coordinamento tra sistemi di comportamento cibernetico, o ciò che chiamo comportamento cibernetico triangolato. Questo porta a una comprensione formale e naturalistica della personalità come capacità di impegnarsi in un comportamento cibernetico triangolato. Concludo mostrando che il pensiero di Sellars ha le risorse, che non ha sfruttato, per introdurre il concetto di cibernetica di secondo ordine. Ciò suggerisce che la filosofia della mente di Sellars potrebbe essere sviluppata in direzione dell'autopoiesi e dell'enattivismo.

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