Series Editor:
Dov M. Gabbay, King's College London, UK
Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo, Canada
John Woods, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Edited by
Pieter Adriaans, Institute for Logic, Language and Computations, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Johan van Benthem, Institute for Logic, Language & Computation, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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.
Included in series
Handbook of the Philosophy of Science
Audience:
Researchers at the intersection of philosophy, computer science, informatics, logic, linguistics, cognitive science.
