Philosophy of Information
- 1st Edition - November 10, 2008
- Latest edition
- Editors: Dov M. Gabbay, Pieter Adriaans, Paul Thagard, Johan F.A.K. van Benthem, John Woods
- Language: English
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Description
Description
Information is a recognized fundamental notion across the sciences and humanities, which is crucial to understanding physical computation, communication, and human cognition. The Philosophy of Information brings together the most important perspectives on information. It includes major technical approaches, while also setting out the historical backgrounds of information as well as its contemporary role in many academic fields. Also, special unifying topics are high-lighted that play across many fields, while we also aim at identifying relevant themes for philosophical reflection. There is no established area yet of Philosophy of Information, and this Handbook can help shape one, making sure it is well grounded in scientific expertise. As a side benefit, a book like this can facilitate contacts and collaboration among diverse academic milieus sharing a common interest in information.
Key features
Key features
- First overview of the formal and technical issues involved in the philosophy of information
- Integrated presentation of major mathematical approaches to information, form computer science, information theory, and logic
- Interdisciplinary themes across the traditional boundaries of natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities
Readership
Readership
Researchers at the intersection of philosophy, computer science, informatics, logic, linguistics, cognitive science.
Table of contents
Table of contents
1 Introduction
1a Editorial on the overall role of information, and the structure of this book (Editors)
1b Philosophy of Information: Concepts and History (P. Adriaans)
2 Philosophy and information
2a Epistemology and Information (F. Dretske)
2b Information and Philosophy of Language (J.Groenendijk, H. Kamp and M. Stokhof)
2c Modern Trends in Philosophy of Information (L. Floridi)
2d Philosophy of Learning (P. Adriaans)
3 Foundation, Major technical approaches
3a The Quantitative Theory of Information (F. Topsøe and P. Harremoës)
3b Logical Theories of Information (Johan van Benthem and Maricarmen Martinez)
3c Algorithmic Complexity (P. Grünwald and
P. Vitanyi)
4 Informatics: Major themes in transforming/using information
4a Learning (K. Kelly)
4b Epistemic Logic and Information Update (A. Baltag, L. Moss and H. van Ditmarsch)
4c Information Structure and Belief Revision (H. Rott)
4d Information, Processes and Games (S. Abramsky)
4e Information and Beliefs in Game Theory (B. Walliser)
5 Information in the Sciences & Humanities
5a Information in Computer Science (J. M. Dunn) 5b The Physics of Information (S. Bais and D.Farmer)
5c Information in Social Science (K. Devlin and
Duska Rosenberg)
5d Information in Artificial Intelligence (J. McCarthy)
5e Information and Cognitive Science (M. Boden)
5f Information in Biological Systems (J. Collier)
6 Epilogue, future perspectives and research directions (Editors)
1a Editorial on the overall role of information, and the structure of this book (Editors)
1b Philosophy of Information: Concepts and History (P. Adriaans)
2 Philosophy and information
2a Epistemology and Information (F. Dretske)
2b Information and Philosophy of Language (J.Groenendijk, H. Kamp and M. Stokhof)
2c Modern Trends in Philosophy of Information (L. Floridi)
2d Philosophy of Learning (P. Adriaans)
3 Foundation, Major technical approaches
3a The Quantitative Theory of Information (F. Topsøe and P. Harremoës)
3b Logical Theories of Information (Johan van Benthem and Maricarmen Martinez)
3c Algorithmic Complexity (P. Grünwald and
P. Vitanyi)
4 Informatics: Major themes in transforming/using information
4a Learning (K. Kelly)
4b Epistemic Logic and Information Update (A. Baltag, L. Moss and H. van Ditmarsch)
4c Information Structure and Belief Revision (H. Rott)
4d Information, Processes and Games (S. Abramsky)
4e Information and Beliefs in Game Theory (B. Walliser)
5 Information in the Sciences & Humanities
5a Information in Computer Science (J. M. Dunn) 5b The Physics of Information (S. Bais and D.Farmer)
5c Information in Social Science (K. Devlin and
Duska Rosenberg)
5d Information in Artificial Intelligence (J. McCarthy)
5e Information and Cognitive Science (M. Boden)
5f Information in Biological Systems (J. Collier)
6 Epilogue, future perspectives and research directions (Editors)
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: November 10, 2008
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
DG
Dov M. Gabbay
Dov M. Gabbay is Augustus De Morgan Professor Emeritus of Logic at the Group of Logic, Language and Computation, Department of Computer Science, King's College London. He has authored over four hundred and fifty research papers and over thirty research monographs. He is editor of several international Journals, and many reference works and Handbooks of Logic.
Affiliations and expertise
Augustus De Morgan Professor Emeritus of Logic at the Group of Logic, Language and Computation, Department of Computer Science, King's College London.PA
Pieter Adriaans
Affiliations and expertise
Institute for Logic, Language and Computations, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPT
Paul Thagard
Affiliations and expertise
University of Waterloo, CanadaJv
Johan F.A.K. van Benthem
Affiliations and expertise
Institute for Logic, Language & Computation, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsJW
John Woods
Affiliations and expertise
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CanadaView book on ScienceDirect
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