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Bibliographic Details

Title

Knowledge and the Flow of Information

Publisher

CSLI Publications, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1999

Language

English

ISBN 10

157586195X

ISBN 13

9781575861951

Binding

Paperback

Condition

Very Good

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Education, Teaching Methods & Child Development

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Synopsis

This volume presents an attempt to develop a theory of knowledge using ideas derived from the mathematical theory of communication developed by Claude Shannon. Information is seen as an objective commodity defined by the dependency relations between distinct events. Knowledge is then analyzed as information caused belief.

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Fred I. Dretske is Nbella and Eloise Maybury Knapp Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University.

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