Information without Truth

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In Armen T. Marsoobian, Brian J. Huschle, Eric Cavallero & Patrick Allo (eds.), Putting Information First. Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 66–83 (2011-04-22)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Information and the Veridicality Thesis Information as a Mongrel Concept Natural Information Without Truth Nonnatural Information: The Case for the Veridicality Thesis Nonnatural Information Without Truth An Objection Conclusion Acknowledgments References.

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semantic information ‐ information without truth   information and the Veridicality Thesis ‐ information requiring truth   healthy pluralism in theory of information ‐ information at odds with Veridicality Thesis   information as a mongrel concept ‐ disparate uses of “information” in ordinary language   distinguishing between natural information ‐ along the lines of Grice's natural meaning   natural information without truth ‐ signals carrying natural information   nonnatural information, case for Veridicality Thesis ‐ talking of false information   Floridi, offering a second argument ‐ against false information, information lost “by semantic means”   nonnatural information without truth ‐ need to capture explanatory power of notion of information   primary notions of information used in cognitive science and computer science

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