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Zusatztext an extremely stimulating introduction to a fast growing literature... The book is impressively successful in demonstrating the sheer variety of links that signals have to many philosophical themes, as well as the daring scope for future work. One can only hope that this signal is successfully received. Informationen zum Autor Brian Skyrms is a Distinguished Professor of logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California Irvine, and Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University. Klappentext Brian Skyrms offers a fascinating demonstration of how fundamental signals are to our world. He uses various scientific tools to investigate how meaning and communication develop. Signals operate in networks of senders and receivers at all levels of life! transmitting and processing information. That is how humans and animals think and interact. Zusammenfassung Brian Skyrms offers a fascinating demonstration of how fundamental signals are to our world. He uses various scientific tools to investigate how meaning and communication develop. Signals operate in networks of senders and receivers at all levels of life, transmitting and processing information. That is how humans and animals think and interact. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Signals 2: Signals in Nature 3: The Flow of Information 4: Evolution 5: Evolution in Lewis Signaling Games 6: Deception 7: Learning 8: Learning in Lewis Signaling Games 9: Generalizing Signaling Games: Synonyms, Bottlenecks and Other Mismatches 10: Inventing New Signals 11: Networks I: Information Processing 12: Complex Signals and Compositionality 13: Networks II: Teamwork 14: Learning to Network
