Structure”/“Action” Contingencies and the Model of Parallel Distributed Processing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8975664 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Leydesdorff (0000-0002-7835-3098, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-77 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8308 • E-ISSN: 1468-5914 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-5914.1993.tb00230.x |
| OpenAlex | W2143416446 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 20 |
By considering actors in a network as parallel distributed processors, a cybernetic and dynamic model for structure/action contingency relations can be developed. This model will be discussed in relation to four relevant sociological theories: the formal network analysis of action, Giddens' structuration theory, the micro-situational and phenomenological approaches, and Parsonian structural-functionalism. Parallel distributed processing has in common with Luhmann's sociology that the phenomena are analyzed as the result not only of a differentiated system, but also of different systems with specific operations. Although cybernetic control remains, the new model allows, among other things, for degrees of self-organization (freedom) in each system. Additionally, the model enables us to use existing algorithms of artificial intelligence and the mathematical theory of communication for the analysis of empirical problems
Action (physics · Action theory (sociology · Artificial neural network · Autopoiesis · Cognitive science · Complex system · Connectionism · Contingency · Contingency theory · Cybernetics · Epistemology · Functionalism (philosophy of mind · Knowledge management · Management science · Relation (database · Situational ethics · Social science · Sociology · Structural functionalism · Artificial Intelligence · Cognitive Science and Mapping · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology · Theoretical Computer Science
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| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1993 - 2009 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |