Situation Theory and Its Applications: Volume 3

Download or read book Situation Theory and Its Applications: Volume 3 written by Robin Cooper and published by Center for the Study of Language (CSLI). This book was released on 1990 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situation theory is the result of an interdisciplinary effort to create a full-fledged theory of information. Created by scholars and scientists from cognitive science, computer science and AI, linguistics, logic, philosophy, and mathematics, it aims to provide a common set of tools for the analysis of phenomena from all these fields. Unlike Shannon-Weaver type theories of information, which are purely quantitative theories, situation theory aims at providing tools for the analysis of the specific content of a situation (signal, message, data base, statement, or other information-carrying situation). The question addressed is not how much information is carried, but what information is carried.