Philosophy of Information

by Dov M. Gabbay, Paul Thagard, John Woods, Pieter Adriaans, Johan F.A.K. van Benthem

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780444517265
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	12/03/2008
Series:	Handbook of the Philosophy of Science , #8
Pages:	1000
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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)

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The first comprehensive technical overview of a new emerging field: the philosophy of information