| Description |
1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Information vs. Reality -- Part One. Natural Information. Information about Reality -- Part Two. Cultural Information. Information for Reality -- Part Three. Technological Information. Information as Reality -- Conclusion: Information and Reality -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
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 vo |
| Notes |
Reprint. Originally published: 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-263) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Communication -- Philosophy
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Information theory.
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Reality.
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Information Theory
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Communication -- Philosophy
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Information theory
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Reality
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0226066223 |
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9780226066226 |
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