A Missing Link In Cybernetics Logic And Continuity

In This Book I Argue That A Reason For The Success Of Various Studies Under The General Heading Of Cybernetics Is Failure To Appreciate The Importance Of Con- Nuity, In A Simple Metrical Sense Of The Term. It Is With Particular, But Certainly Not Exclusive, Reference To The Arti Cial Intelligence (ai) Effort That The Shortcomings Of Established Approaches Are Most Easily Seen. One Reason For The Relative Failure Of Attempts To Analyse And Model Intelligence Is The Customary Assumption That The Processing Of Continuous Variables And The Manipulation Of Discrete Concepts Should Be Considered Separately, Frequently With The Assumption That Continuous Processing Plays No Part In Thought.