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9780521070997

Information Flow: The Logic of Distributed Systems

by Jon Barwise , Jerry Seligman
  • ISBN13:

    9780521070997

  • ISBN10:

    0521070996

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-08-28
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

Information is a central topic in computer science, cognitive science, and philosophy. In spite of its importance in the "information age," there is no consensus on what information is, what makes it possible, and what it means for one medium to carry information about another. Drawing on ideas from mathematics, computer science, and philosophy, this book addresses the definition and place of information in society. The authors, observing that information flow is possible only within a connected distribution system, provide a mathematically rigorous, philosophically sound foundation for a science of information. They illustrate their theory by applying it to a wide range of phenomena, from file transfer to DNA, from quantum mechanics to speech act theory.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Information flow: a review
Information channels: an overview
A simple distributed system
Channel Theory
Classifications and infomorphisms
Operations on classifications
Distributed systems
Boolean operations and classifications
State spaces
Regular theories
Operations on theories
Boolean operations and theories
Local logics
Reasoning at a distance
Representing local logics
Distributed logics
Logics and state spaces
Explorations
Speech acts
Vagueness
Common sense reasoning
Representation
Quantum logic
Answers to selected exercises
Bibliography
Glossary of notation
Index of definitions
Index of names
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