
Towards a General Theory of Classifications
Birkhäuser (Publisher)
Published on 28. May 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXIII, 304 pages
978-3-0348-0608-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book is an essay on the epistemology of classifications. Its main purpose is not to provide an exposition of an actual mathematical theory of classifications, that is, a general theory which would be available to any kind of them: hierarchical or non-hierarchical, ordinary or fuzzy, overlapping or non-overlapping, finite or infinite, and so on, establishing a basis for all possible divisions of the real world. For the moment, such a theory remains nothing but a dream. Instead, the authors essentially put forward a number of key questions. Their aim is rather to reveal the "state of art" of this dynamic field and the philosophy one may eventually adopt to go further. To this end they present some advances made in the course of the last century, discuss a few tricky problems that remain to be solved, and show the avenues open to those who no longer wish to stay on the wrong track.
Researchers and professionals interested in the epistemology and philosophy of science, library science, logic and set theory, order theory or cluster analysis will find this book a comprehensive, original and progressive introduction to the main questions in this field.
Researchers and professionals interested in the epistemology and philosophy of science, library science, logic and set theory, order theory or cluster analysis will find this book a comprehensive, original and progressive introduction to the main questions in this field.
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Book
Series
Edition
2013
Language
English
Place of publication
Basel
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer Basel
Target group
College/higher education
Research
Illustrations
1
71 s/w Abbildungen, 1 farbige Abbildung
1 Illustrations, color; 71 Illustrations, black and white; XXIII, 304 p. 72 illus., 1 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
552 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-0348-0608-4 (9783034806084)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-0348-0609-1
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Daniel Parrochia | Pierre Neuville
Towards a General Theory of Classifications
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05/2013
1st Edition
Birkhäuser
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Content
Foreword.- 1 Philosophical problems.- 2 Information data structures.- 3 Empirical Clustering and classic hierarchies.- 4 Algebra of trees.- 5 Generalized Classifications.- 6 Topology of generalized classifications.- 7 Meta-classification.- 8 For an axiomatic theory of classifications.- 9 Alternative theories and higher infinite.- 10 Postscript.- Bibliography.