Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the MillenniumUniversity of Chicago Press, 2007 M12 1 - 282 páginas Holding On to Reality is a brilliant history of information, from its inception in the natural world to its role in the transformation of culture to the current Internet mania and is attendant assets and liabilities. Drawing on the history of ideas, the details of information technology, and the boundaries of the human condition, Borgmann illuminates the relationship between things and signs, between reality and information. "[Borgmann] has offered a stunningly clear definition of information in Holding On to Reality. . . . He leaves room for little argument, unless one wants to pose the now vogue objection: I guess it depends on what you mean by nothing."—Paul Bennett, Wired "A superb anecdotal analysis of information for a hype-addled age."—New Scientist "This insightful and poetic reflection on the changing nature of information is a wonderful antidote to much of the current hype about the 'information revolution.' Borgmann reminds us that whatever the reality of our time, we need 'a balance of signs and things' in our lives."—Margaret Wertheim, LA Weekly |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 29
Página 9
... sounds odd today . It is information , we would think , that can be pro- duced and distributed . The thought did occur to Machlup . He ac- knowledged the rise of information and considered its inclusion in his title , but in the end he ...
... sounds odd today . It is information , we would think , that can be pro- duced and distributed . The thought did occur to Machlup . He ac- knowledged the rise of information and considered its inclusion in his title , but in the end he ...
Página 14
... sound pressure ( the signal ) which is transmitted through the air ( the channel ) . ” 1 This approach too can be illuminating , but it disregards the way we speak , and it veils the way we live or perhaps used to live . If someone were ...
... sound pressure ( the signal ) which is transmitted through the air ( the channel ) . ” 1 This approach too can be illuminating , but it disregards the way we speak , and it veils the way we live or perhaps used to live . If someone were ...
Página 15
... sound plausible enough ; but it involves a gross misuse of the notion of " evidence . " The situation in which I would properly be said to have evidence for the statement that some animal is a pig is that , for example , in which the ...
... sound plausible enough ; but it involves a gross misuse of the notion of " evidence . " The situation in which I would properly be said to have evidence for the statement that some animal is a pig is that , for example , in which the ...
Página 19
... sounds , with comic or illuminating effect if the pun is good . In calligraphy , thing and sign are raised to a beautiful balance as they are on a larger scale in the medieval codex , an illuminated manuscript on parchment pages , bound ...
... sounds , with comic or illuminating effect if the pun is good . In calligraphy , thing and sign are raised to a beautiful balance as they are on a larger scale in the medieval codex , an illuminated manuscript on parchment pages , bound ...
Página 21
... sound like that was encoded this way ? Scholars had been looking for inflections , those suffixes that dis- tinguish singular from plural , present from past tense , and feminine gender from masculine . Ventris also looked for the names ...
... sound like that was encoded this way ? Scholars had been looking for inflections , those suffixes that dis- tinguish singular from plural , present from past tense , and feminine gender from masculine . Ventris also looked for the names ...
Contenido
1 | |
7 | |
Part Two Cultural Information Information for Reality | 55 |
Part Three Technological Information Information as Reality | 123 |
Conclusion Information and Reality | 213 |
Notes | 235 |
Index | 265 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium Albert Borgmann Vista previa limitada - 1999 |
Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium Albert Borgmann Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium Albert Borgmann Sin vista previa disponible - 2000 |
Términos y frases comunes
Abraham alphabet ancestral environment ancient Bach Bach's Bill McKibben binary bits Boolean algebra cairn Cambridge Cantata century church compact disc construction context contingency convey coordinate system cultural information cyberspace device disc electrons eloquence engagement FALSE fragility Freiburg gate geometry grid human Ibid information about reality information and reality information technology information theory intelligence Johann Sebastian Bach John Keith Devlin kind landmark language letters Literacy logographic Mathematical mation meaning measure medieval memory minster Missoula Montana natural information natural signs notation oral Paging Doctor particular person piece Plato possible precise present Rattlesnake reading Realizing Information records reference Salish score sense shape Sherry Turkle signs and things silicon sounds space square Steven Weinberg structure symbols technological information Theuth tion tower traditional transparency TRUE University Press valley virtual ambiguity virtual reality Warren Weaver words writing York