Information and meaning : an evolutionary perspective / Tom Stonier.
Information and meaning : an evolutionary perspective / Tom Stonier.
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London ; New York, N.Y. : Springer, 1997.
Date
1997.
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T0375311
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English
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xiii, 255 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The Nature of Information -- 3. The Diversity of Information Processing -- 4. The Spectrum of Intelligence -- 5. Proto-Intelligence -- 6. The Origins of Bio-Intelligence -- 7. Machine and Electronic Intelligence -- 8. The Physical Origin of Meaning -- 9. The Origins of Human Sp...
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London ; New York, N.Y. : Springer, 1997.
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England
Date Published
1997.
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Tom Stonier writes from the perspective of a theoretical biologist looking at the evolution of information systems as a basis for studying the phenomena of information, intelligence and meaning. Through his exploration of the 'meaning of meaning', and by looking at how neurons create a brain which understands information inputs and then operates on...
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Information and meaning : an evolutionary perspective / Tom Stonier.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transferred from N006.3/194.
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T0375311
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74VMbgLkd57A
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354076139X (pbk.) :
DDC
006.3
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991000838659702626
