Epistemic Complexity and Knowledge Construction Morphogenesis, symbolic dynamics and beyond /

• Main Author: Carsetti, A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Theory and Decision Library A:, Rational Choice in Practical Philosophy and Philosophy of Science ; 45
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Genetic epistemology.; Philosophy of mind.; Computer simulation.; Consciousness.; Philosophy.; Epistemology.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Simulation and Modeling.; Philosophy of Mind.; Cognitive Psychology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6013-4

A unique account of the state of art of both theoretical and modelistic issues in the present-day research on Epistemic Complexity ʺ Focuses on entropy, algorithmic complexity, self-referentiality, teleonomical processes and symbolic dynamics. ʺ Discusses cellular automata, self-orga...

Table of Contents:

• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Complexity, Self-Organization and Natural Evolution. - 1. Entropy and the <U+001c>intermediate state
• 2. Algorithmic complexity and self-referentiality
• 3. Cellular automata and self-organization. - 2. Embodiment Processes and Biological Computing
• 1. The game of life and the alternative splicing. - 2. The interface between ruler and coder
• 3. The recipe at work: the role of the simulation tools at the evolutionary level
• 4. Reflexive domains vs. self-organizing domains. - 3. Randomness, Semantic Information and Limitations Procedures. - 1. Logic and probability: the role of constituents. - 2. Semantic information and algorithmic complexity
• 3. Surface information vs. depth information: the biological computer
• 4. Non-standard models and limitation procedures
• 4. Natural Language and Boolean Semantics: the Genesis of the Cognitive Code. - 1.Intensional language and natural logic
• 2. Logic and ontology
• 3. Meaning as use and the unfolding of cognitive activity
• 5. Morphogenesis and the Emergence of Meaning. - 1. Eigenforms, categorial intuitions and rational perception
• 2. Meaning clarification and the "thinking I"
• 3. Knowledge and Reality: the role of conceptual constructions. - Name Index
• Subject Index. .