The Phenomenon of Information A Conceptual

"We are surrounded by information. Even the most routine situations in which we find ourselves conceal a hidden information flow. Every step we take, a host of signals meet us, providing information about what is happening in other parts of reality. The cherry tree in bloom reveals that spring has arrived. The footprint left on wet sand indicates that someone has walked along the beach. ... The sight of leaden clouds warns us of an approaching storm."

Mario Perez-Montoro is professor in the Department of Information Science at the Universitat de Barcelona.

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction. The Scope and Characteristics of the Phenomenon of Information	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Description of Information Flow	p. 4
Aim and Scope of This Work	p. 15
The Mathematical Theory of Communication: Constraints for a Semantics of Information	p. 21
Introduction	p. 21
The Amount of Information	p. 23
Amount of Information and Information Flow	p. 32
Mathematical Constraints and Informational Content	p. 43
Dretske's Analysis of Information: A Semantic Approach in Probabilistic Terms	p. 57
Introduction	p. 57
The Dretskean Approach	p. 59
Difficulties with Dretske's Approach	p. 86
Summary and Conclusions	p. 128
The Relational Theory of Meaning: A Proposal for a Global Semantics of Information	p. 141
Introduction	p. 141
A New Conceptual Framework: The Relational Theory of Meaning	p. 143
Linguistic Meaning and Informational Content	p. 156
Agents and Informational Content	p. 168
The Relational Theory of Meaning versus Dretske's Definition of Informational Content	p. 176
Reliability, Fallibility, and Constraints	p. 182
Summary and Conclusions	p. 190
Toward a New Definition of Informational Content: The Extensional Approach	p. 199
Introduction	p. 199
The Extensional Approach	p. 201
Channels, Reliability, and Fallibility	p. 209
The Extensional Approach versus the Relational Theory of Meaning and the Dretskean Approach	p. 217
Pure Informational Content and Incremental Informational Content	p. 228
Summary and Conclusions	p. 256
Bibliography	p. 269
Index	p. 283
About the Author	p. 287
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