Philosophy of Information

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-444-51726-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 1000 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1440 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Researchers at the intersection of philosophy, computer science, informatics, logic, linguistics, cognitive science.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Gabbay, Dov M.

Thagard, Paul

Woods, John

Adriaans, Pieter

van Benthem, Johan F.A.K.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken Informationstheorie, Kodierungstheorie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Informationstheorie, Kodierungstheorie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction
2 Philosophy and information

3 Foundation, Major technical approaches

4 Informatics: Major themes in transforming/using information

5 Information in the Sciences & Humanities

6 Epilogue, future perspectives and research directions (Editors)

Über Autor(innen)

Gabbay, Dov M.
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.