Situation Theory and its Applications: Volume 1: 001 (Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0937073547 ISBN 13: 9780937073544

Publisher: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications, 1991

Synopsis

Situation Theory grew out of attempts by Jon Barwise in the late 1970s to provide a semantics for 'naked-infinitive' perceptual reports such as 'Claire saw Jon run'. Barwise's intuition was that Claire didn't just see Jon, an individual, but Jon doing something, a situation. Situations are individuals having properties and standing in relations. A theory of situations would allow us to study and compare various types of situations or situation-like entitles, such as facts, events, and scenes. One of the central themes of situation theory of meaning and reference should be set within a general theory of information, one moreover that is rich enough to do justice to perception, communication, and thought. By now many people have contributed by the need to give a rigorous mathematical account of the principles of information that underwrite the theory.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0937073547
• ISBN 13: 9780937073544
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 540
• Editor: Cooper Robin, Mukai Kuniaki, Perry John