Søren Brier

Søren Brier is professor in the Semiotics of Information, Cognitive and Communication Science at Copenhagen Business School's new department of International Culture and Communication Studies attached to the Centre for Language, Cognition, and Mentality.

Cand. Scient. Søren Brier, Ph.D., Dr.Phil., holds a Master in Biology from the University of Copenhagen from 1979, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science from Roskilde University (RUC).
In March 2006 Søren Brier defended his doctoral thesis.

Please visit Søren Brier's CBS website 
http://www.cbs.dk/staff/soeren_brier

Comprehensive CV and List of Publications      
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Opslag Søren Brier i "Biografi over danske semiotikere"

Copenhagen Business School; Dalgas Have 15, 2V.053,  DK - 2000 Frederiksberg,
 Tel.: +45 3815 3132; E-mail: sb.ikk@cbs.dk

Søren Brier is the founder and editor in chief of the interdisciplinary quarterly journal Cybernetics & Human Knowing, 1992-, co-founder of The International Association for Biosemiotic Studies in 2005, a trustee for the American Society for Cybernetics, member of the board for the Sociocybernetics Group (ISA) and Foundation of Information Science (FIS)group. He is on the editorial board of Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Journal of Biosemiotic and TripleC (Cogniton, Communication and Cooperation).

Ed. in Chief of  Cybernetics & Human Knowing.
http://www.imprint-academic.com/C&HK
http://www.chkjournal.org/ 

"Cybersemiotics; Why Information is Not Enough”  by Søren Brier,
published by Toronto University Press
 
"Cybersemiotics not only builds a bridge between science and culture, but it also provides at framework encompassing them both. The Cyber-semiotic framework offers a platform for a new level of global dialogue between knowledge systems including a view of science that does not compete with religion but offers the possibility for mutual and fruitful exchange."

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“Cybersemiotics; Why Information is Not Enough” 

Søren Brier forsvarede sin doktordisputats i marts 2006, og værket er nu tilgængeligt for et større publikum i en redigeret version hos Toronto University Press. 

Bogen analyserer de dybe problemer i udvikling af vidensmanagement-systemer, kunstig intelligens, dokumentformidlende systemer, human computer interaction (HCH), og automatisk sprogbehandling. Det sker bl.a. ud fra en diskussion af de videnskabsteoretiske problemer omkring håndteringen af menings- og betydningsdannelse i etablering af en transfaglig informations-, kognitions- og kommunikationsvidenskab med computeren som forbillede. Søren Brier har søgt at løse disse problemer gennem at etablere en teoriramme, indenfor hvilken en forklaring på forskellene på maskiner, dyrs og menneskers kommunikation kan etableres på tværs af C.P. Snow's to kulturer i videnskaberne. Dette foregår ved at kombinere kybernetik og semiotik i et ikke-mekanistisk udviklingsteoretisk perspektiv, som han kalder Cybersemiotics. Bogen er skrevet på engelsk.


Anmeldelser - Reviews:

Gary Fuhrman: Review of "Cybersemiotics..."
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Wolfgang Hofkirchner: Review of "Cybersemiotics...."
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Steen Nepper Larsen: Anmeldelse af "Cybersemiotics..."
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Steen Nepper Larsen: Review of "Cybersemiotics...."
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