Logic and Information (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science (Paperback))

Devlin, Keith

ISBN 10: 0521499712 / ISBN 13: 9780521499712

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Title: Logic and Information (Cambridge Tracts in ...

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

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Synopsis:

In this provocative and ground-breaking book, Keith Devlin argues that in order to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of intelligence and knowledge acquisition, we must broaden our concept of logic. Classical logic, beginning with the work of Aristotle, has developed into a powerful and rigorous mathematical theory with many applications in mathematics and computer science, but it has proved woefully inadequate in the search for artificial intelligence. The new kind of logic, also mathematically based, outlined by Professor Devlin is the culmination of collaborative research among some of the world's leading logicians, philosophers, linguists, psychologists, and computer scientists. It introduces the concepts of infon, a quantum of information, and situations, a dynamical generalization of sets, and is capable of handlng the issues involved in human communication, thought, speech, and machine information processing.

Book Description:

Arguing that we must broaden our concept of logic to obtain a deeper understanding of intelligence and knowledge acquisition, this study outlines a new kind of logic that is capable of handling the issues involved in human communication and machine information processing.