Information and Interaction - Eddington, Wheeler, and the Limits of Knowledge (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

In this essay collection, leading physicists, philosophers, and historians attempt to fill the empty theoretical ground in the foundations of information and address the related question of the limits to our knowledge of the world. Over recent decades, our practical approach to information and its exploitation has radically outpaced our theoretical understanding - to such a degree that reflection on the foundations may seem futile. But it is exactly fields such as quantum information, which are shifting the boundaries of the physically possible, that make a foundational understanding of information increasingly important. One of the recurring themes of the book is the claim by Eddington and Wheeler that information involves interaction and putting agents or observers centre stage. Thus, physical reality, in their view, is shaped by the questions we choose to put to it and is built up from the information residing at its core. This is the root of Wheeler's famous phrase "it from bit." After reading the stimulating essays collected in this volume, readers will be in a good position to decide whether they agree with this view.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	The Frontiers Collection
Release date:	December 2016
First published:	2017
Editors:	Ian T Durham • Dean Rickles
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	212
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-43758-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > Mathematical theory of computation
LSN:	3-319-43758-5
Barcode:	9783319437583

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