An objective counterfactual theory of information
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An Objective Counterfactual Theory of Information∗
Philosophers have appealed to information (as understood by [Shannon, 1948] and introduced to philosophers largely by [Dretske, 1981]) in a wide variety of contexts; information has been proffered in the service of understanding knowledge, justification, and mental content, inter alia. While information has been put to diverse philosophical uses, there has been much less diversity in the unders...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Australasian Journal of Philosophy
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0004-8402,1471-6828
DOI: 10.1080/00048400600895821