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Information and Inference (Hardcover, 1970 ed.)
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Information and Inference (Hardcover, 1970 ed.)
Series: Synthese Library, 28
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In the last 25 years, the concept of information has played a
crucial role in communication theory, so much so that the terms
information theory and communication theory are sometimes used
almost interchangeably. It seems to us, however, that the notion of
information is also destined to render valuable services to the
student of induction and probability, of learning and
reinforcement, of semantic meaning and deductive inference, as well
as of scientific method in general. The present volume is an
attempt to illustrate some of these uses of information concepts.
In 'On Semantic Information' Hintikka summarizes some of his and
his associates' recent work on information and induction, and
comments briefly on its philosophical suggestions. Jamison surveys
from the sub jectivistic point of view some recent results in
'Bayesian Information Usage'. Rosenkrantz analyzes the information
obtained by experimen tation from the Bayesian and Neyman-Pearson
standpoints, and also from the standpoint of entropy and related
concepts. The much-debated principle of total evidence prompts
Hilpinen to examine the problem of measuring the information yield
of observations in his paper 'On the Information Provided by
Observations'. Pietarinen addresses himself to the more general
task of evaluating the systematizing ('explanatory') power of
hypotheses and theories, a task which quickly leads him to
information concepts. Domotor develops a qualitative theory of
information and entropy. His paper gives what is probably the first
axiomatization of a general qualitative theory of information
adequate to guarantee a numerical representation of the standard
sort."
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