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Information and Meaning

An Evolutionary Perspective

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  1. Tom Stonier

    1. Great Barrington, USA

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  • The third volume in a series designed to clarify the issues relating to the concept of information aims to help develop a science of information and study a pattern of interrelated phenomena which extends through all of nature.
  • Covers a great breadth of intellectual territory, providing sufficient depth to give credibility to the numerous new ideas presented.

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Tom Stonier
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Nature of Information

    • Tom Stonier
    Pages 11-29

  4. The Diversity of Information Processing

    • Tom Stonier
    Pages 31-50

  5. The Spectrum of Intelligence

    • Tom Stonier
    Pages 51-71

  6. Proto-Intelligence

    • Tom Stonier
    Pages 73-81

  7. The Origins of Bio-Intelligence

    • Tom Stonier
    Pages 83-99

  8. Machine and Electronic Intelligence

    • Tom Stonier
    Pages 101-118

  9. The Physical Origin of Meaning

    • Tom Stonier
    Pages 119-129

  10. The Origins of Human Speech

    • Tom Stonier
    Pages 131-146

  11. The Internal Information Environment

    • Tom Stonier
    Pages 147-163

  12. The Semantic Metabolism

    • Tom Stonier
    Pages 165-180

  14. How Neurons Create Thought

    • Tom Stonier
    Pages 199-220

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 241-255
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About this book

Information and Meaning is the third book in a trilogy exploring the nature of information, intelligence and meaning. It begins by providing an overview of the first two works of the trilogy, then goes on to consider the meaning of meaning. This explorat ion leads to a theory of how the brain works. This book differs from others in the field, in that it is written 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. It describes how neurons create a brain which understands information inputs and then is able to operate on such information.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Great Barrington, USA

    Tom Stonier

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Information and Meaning

  • Book Subtitle: An Evolutionary Perspective

  • Authors: Tom Stonier

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0977-8

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Tom Stonier 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-76139-6Published: 15 August 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-0977-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 255

  • Topics: Coding and Information Theory, Neurosciences, Artificial Intelligence

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