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" Information and meaning : "
Tom Stonier
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BL
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604588
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b433807
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Stonier, Tom
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Information and meaning : : an evolutionary perspective /\ Tom Stonier
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| Publication Statement
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Berlin ;New York :: Springer,, 1997
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xiii, 255 pages ;; 24 cm
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354076139X
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: 9783540761396
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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 Speech -- 10. The Internal Information Environment -- 11. The Semantic Metabolism -- 12. Review and Further Discussion About Consciousness -- 13. How Neurons Create Thought -- App. A. Calculations Presented in Chapter 2: The Nature of Information -- App. B. Infons and the Relativity Equations -- App. C. How to Evolve Electronic/Mechanical Systems into the Equivalent of a Living, Self-Reproducing Bio-System (a Self-Replicating Automated Factory) -- App. D. Some Cardinal Differences in the Anatomy and Physiology of Classical Computers and the Human Brain -- App. E. Possibilities Considered in Chapter 11 on How to Quantify Meaning
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Artificial intelligence
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Information theory
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Meaning (Philosophy)
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Brain-- Evolution
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Intellect
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006.3
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Q335.S88 1997
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