
Information and Knowledge
A Constructive Type-theoretical Approach
Giuseppe Primiero(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 17. November 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 208 pages
978-90-481-7556-7 (ISBN)
Description
This research is the result of a fruitful connection and provides a sign- cant link between two topics of a logical and philosophical enquiry. It tries to provide a solution to the problem of analyticity: with this expression I understand, on the one hand, the essential nature of analytic truths and, on the other, the related explanation of the analytic nature of logical inference. The connection between these two sides of what will be referred to as the Analyticity Principle, can be brie?y explained as follows: by analytic truth one understands in general a sentence whose content is logically true; by logically true one understands moreover truth independent from matters of fact or empirical data, a truth which is therefore established by logical criteria only. On this basis, it follows that a logical inference represents a purely analytic process, in opposition to its property of being able to produce knowledge, a situation which is exempli?ed by the con?icting - tions of validity and utility. The question-begging topic of this research is therefore that of analyticity, the inspiring problem for which a solution is formulated in the present book. If analyticity represents the starting point of this research, the other part of its content is the result of a far more complex question; to represent the notion of Information in the context of logical calculi.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
IX, 208 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
341 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-481-7556-7 (9789048175567)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-6170-7
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Content
Constructive Type Theory: Foundation and Formalization.- Analyticity and Information.- Formal Representation of the Notion of Information.- Constructive Philosophy of Information.