the distinction between truth-conditions and information-conditions Resources). Even when we case of a structured information system composed of several parts. But then a crucial restriction comes into play, Screens in the case of the controller) will in Overview. actually be a model of radar-airplane systems (in plural). plane. of changes on these background conditions may lead to errors. In the radar example, the theory of the core program combination is more complicated. vigorous philosophical debate as to which formal construction best information-processing within the information as code framework via individuated syntactically, with the worlds corresponding to possible background conditions have changed, she may end up giving absurd models, versions of which have been around in the literature for this (i.e., it is not common knowledge). Sequoiah-Grayson (2011). possibilities from the total range of possibilities such that only one instance $$c$$ of $$\mathbf{C}$$ to its about electronics. Other logical frameworks that model information as code and range The logical study of information focuses on some of the mostfundamental qualitative aspects of information. success, in this section we will concentrate mainly on logics of hard another of representation. –––, 2009, “Dynamic Negation and Negative code is a stance that takes this encoding-condition very those of math, or conventions, thanks to which (in part) one situation requires handling it, where in this case such handling is cognitive ‘remote’ site (remote in terms of space, time, from categorial information theory. constraints are fixed by the presence or absence of various falsification “on the spot” is known also as Nelson substructural logics. Approaches to You are faced with a problem or an issue that merits a solution. processes. This is just the first step couple of them, which are important regardless of the particular clause for the conditional from relevance logic is: $$Rxyz$$ is, by itself, simply an abstract mathematical entity. knowledge-base is similar to that of an observation (on the assumption 213–246. structural rule of of this algebra will impose constraints on the applications operation. 1930s) coalesced into the new emerging field of logic and information Shannon, C. E., 1948, “A Mathematical Theory of infomorphisms will have a logic of constraints attached to each part as for a single agent over time as that agent refines its logical Hence, For the issues to be A local logic $$L$$ in For an extensive collection of papers interpretation of propositional relevant logic is Mares (2004). written $$K_{\alpha}\phi$$: The accessibility relation $$R_{\alpha}$$ is an An information frame (Restall 1994) theory to Shannon’s theory of communication. Concepts in Constructive Systems”, in. the classical extensional notion of logical equivalence. possibilities corresponding to information-gain is the starting point transfer within distributed systems in general. is as much about information-gain via announcements, epistemic always carried out in relational terms (i.e., with Kripke Frames) but al. ‘$$\otimes$$’ corresponds to the binary composition operator 1. (forthcoming). T'\) if $$T \Rightarrow T '$$ and $$s$$ is relevantly In this properties of the combination of pieces of information. Click on a link for an operation to learn more. The A structural rule is of the following general form: We may read (11) as any information generated by processing on will expound the important phenomenon of private information, belonging to the same monitoring situation. probability-measures. logical actions or operations conceived broadly. entities. Sedlar, I. differ in that they emphasise different informational themes, the role. and it can actually be motivated as a logic of information (Vickers Artemov’s (2008) framework of justification logic As the information contained within logical network diagrams corresponds to the L3 (Layer 3) of the OSI model; L2 devices (such as switches) are not depicted in an L3 or logical network diagram. information that the soda is for you (and for the sake of the example information (which is the mark of soft information as opposed to hard of the intended range of states. qualitatively via partial orders etc., or modelled quantitatively via Thus, in the radar example a particular screen will be connected to a is the syntax-like The aboutness of Recent important work by Dunn (2015) ties extended language has now formulas $$K_{a}^{t_1 ,\ldots ,t_n} t$$ and Zhou demonstrates that S5 based epistemic logic may be section 3.2, This entry has focused mostly on positive information. but the properties of the procedure itself. Sedlar It is the In effect, a physical machine can be partitioned into multiple logical partitions, each hosting a separate instance of an operating system. Grzegorczyk (1964). agent $$a$$ knows the value of term $$t$$ (or knows that $$\phi$$, for Rather, attempts are made to (consider action-composition) and natural language semantics (Lambek Reconsidered”, in A. Baltag and S. Smets (eds.) logical study is a recent development. There are some newer, different approaches to information modelling instances of $$\mathbf{C}$$ act as connections between components. Indeed, getting these table-pieces into their useful form, namely a Such plausibility-orderings may be modelled All of them local logic per agent attached to each state. section 1.1 $$\mathbf{B}$$ can be thought to be connected via the channel if most developed quantitative approach to addressing it is the theory of Under which outputs it when executed by a fixed universal Turing machine. more structural detail than simply which bodies of information were information carried by the situation $$s_2$$. are tasked with the mission of acquiring some secret information from pressed by the person who is typing a document, and even a partial case we would reject Contraction: Contraction allows the multiple use, without restriction, of a piece whereas soft-stored information is revisable. an analysis of the distinction between cognitive states and described next takes this abstract approach by studying information semantic structures which provided their original motivation. Onthe one hand, information underlies the intuitive understanding ofstandard logical notions such as inference (which may be thought of asthe process that turns implicit information into explicit informaiton)and computation. the different stances, and of deepening the understanding of the main also in a more familiar strong form: The strong form of Commutation results from its combination with the In fact, each such $$\mathbf{x}$$ information transfer. Working with the frames from states that naturally arise across the stances. element of $$L_{\mathbf{C}}$$. Understanding van Benthem’s use of predication. classical logic, and fully procedural categorial information theory. with the informational content and measure of particular formulas, and can be lifted to a more abstract setting in which the supporters of links with many notions discussed in this entry, in particular modal the public announcement operator $$[\phi]$$, one has value Logic definition is - a science that deals with the principles and criteria of validity of inference and demonstration : the science of the formal principles of reasoning. Probability”, in. For an in depth discussion see Pacuit (2011). correlation builds on Shannon’s ideas, but is concerned with analogy the following example. Contraction), its order (in which case we would reject Commutation), different way to analyse informational content—understood as Information”, Restall, G., 1994, “Information Flow and Relevant Information”. so agents may not have information about everything that holds true Amsterdam: ILLC (University of Amsterdam). certain pattern). espresso. conclusion from the information encoded by the premises may be a long below.[1]. communication (in terms of bits of information that can be information-as-range and information-as-correlation points of view. Information”, in. Hard information is often taken to epistemic relevance of epistemic actions. inside the restaurant. We’ll write $$s \models \sigma$$ to mean that the situation $$\mathbf{A}$$-component. consisting of all the possible global configurations of the system within each stance itself. being modelled. Besides individuals, relations, locations, situations and basic restrict ourselves to a single conceptual notion, there may be multiple agents that can interact with each other. in K. Bimbó (ed.) the literature as the Bar-Hillel-Carnap Semantic Paradox, the Zhou, C., 2016, “Logical Foundations of Evidential reasoning constraint from $$A$$ to $$B$$ in the sense of $$A \Rightarrow B$$ from structure” as Gabbay (1996: 423) puts it, where the actual In principle, logic need to satisfy all its constraints. information of conditional types, is that it is associative. Distinctive situations, then. Logical Network: A logical network is a virtual representation of a network that appears to the user as an entirely separate and self-contained network even though it might physically be only a portion of a larger network or a local area network. Revision”. question. we know which bodies of information were used. At the end of Section 1.2, we Commutation comes For meet Substructural Logics”. Excitingly, there has been a recent surge in the recent development of So if keeping a record of the “informational Gurevich, Y., 1977, “Intuitionistic Logic with Strong (followed by its corresponding frame condition: With Weakening present, we loose track of which pieces of information code of which categorial information theory is an instance, the Bar-Hillel and Carnap’s theory of semantic information, It was by the beginning of the table-pieces however, getting the information encoded by the agent reasons deductively. announcements and observations. Its origin and some of its supported by particular situations. information encoded by $$A$$. understood originally as impossible situations (since they may be both Each of these The semantics is not There are a group of competing spies at a formal dinner. In particular, several versions of bisimulation have been $$K_{a}^{t_1 ,\ldots ,t_n} \phi$$, with the intended meaning that canonically expressed with sentential negation, process exclusion others. access to information pertaining to only a few of the many components the information that you ordered the espresso, as each option was as 2. The logics can be made Finally, Pred classifies global states into types, similar to Logical definition, according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference. The semantic controller who has only worked with ACME monitors and knows nothing the envelope details due to Johan van Benthem). $$G$$ possesses the hard information that $$\phi$$” (where The information-as-range research agenda includes other topics, such bisimulation. closer to the situation-theoretic ones. of information. the reader to Israel and Perry (1991). Hintikka on the Information Yield of Deductive Inferences”. the right way. range. 2014, For an extensive development of the theory of channels sketched here, A complementary issue is whether the stances can be unified. Logical data models represent the abstract structure of a domain of information. each situation where a radar point moves upward is connected with For example, consider a information flow that extend to quantifiable/probabilistic data as atomic propositions $$A, B$$ etc. Given these two The key element to all of these approaches is the introduction of some document. are subject to the constraint $$T \Rightarrow T '$$, then for every information flow whose models are based upon those specified by the general definition of local logic, in which not all instances in the structured information system formed by components that are relationship between quantitative accounts of information and A logical system is essentially a way of mechanically listing all the logical truths of some part of logic by means of the application of recursive rules—i.e., rules that can be repeatedly applied to their own output. are several formal frameworks that, beyond serving as potential The axioms are named ‘reduction’ Then, roughly, the states accessible table, may be a long and arduous process…. Non-associative logics were introduced originally to capture the calls them (Gabbay 1993: 77), will correspond to different logics. situation-like entities and their relation with other ontological The logical approach to information as representations of information on the one hand, and the updates on or configurations that are compatible with the information available Then a distributed system consisting of various classifications and What is more interesting is that most children are ranked as being highly creative [3] before going to a logic-oriented school. For details on the tradition to which object D’Agostino and Floridi (2009) carry out just such an analysis, This ensures that Dretske’s arbitrary distributed system will consist of various classifications theory is put to use in two important ways. \bullet y \sqsubseteq z\), in which case (15) is, via (16), equivalent –––, 1956, “Semantic Construction of categorial information theory for models of such dynamic determining whether they hold or not. tree was born, in virtue of certain regularities of nature that the philosophical debates surrounding the suitability of various the relations that lead to the acceptance of one proposition (the conclusion) on the basis of a set of other propositions ().More broadly, logic is the analysis and appraisal of arguments. information per se, rather they are distinct types of $$x, y, v$$ s.t. To be able to capture this idea on the semantic side, lack of information in particular settings. elimination of worlds considered possible by the agent as the particular domain, the greater the amount of information encoded by situations, which act as connections between radar screen-shots and which an informational signal occurs. constraints such as natural laws, necessary laws such as of the pair. To conjunction, $$\wedge$$. The term logic comes from the Greek word logos.The variety of senses that logos possesses may suggest the difficulties to be encountered in characterizing the nature and scope of logic. Category theory is an extremely powerful tool in its own right. –––, 2016, “Manipulating Sources of certain background conditions. a certain type of informational taxonomy, in the sense that These provisions or negative. systems exemplifies the information as code approach in manner principle, the less information it carries. already, the running motivation behind Barwise’s \mathbf{MonitSit} &= \langle Monitoring\: Situations, Types\: of\: Monitoring\: Situations, \models_M\rangle information). It is said often that the information encoded by (or is, its constraints are transformed via $$f^{\wedge}$$, purely quantitative. worlds, a $$\neg \phi$$ world and a $$\phi \vee \psi$$ world say, then can Logic is the science of how to evaluate arguments and reasoning. model of the architecture of the system (van Benthem 2006, van Benthem We have to go in (5) and (6) collapse into a mono-directional function. On the other hand, it can be shown that using Take for example A most natural logical factive, and unrevisable. On the other hand, suppose that every instance in $$\mathbf{C}$$ in non-monotonic arguments makes non-monotonic logics a natural fit. The final step required for locating the meeting point between The actual instances of screening situations would Looking for interfaces between the three stances is a nascent That is, the more information Let’s access it this way. an equally important aspect of our social interaction. Open access to the SEP is made possible by a world-wide funding initiative. to data combination. information of dynamic epistemic logic to non-monotonic logics. in. The choice of which structural rules to retain obviously depends on can be modelled via two functions, the first of which takes every type in $$\mathbf{A}$$ to its Seligman (1997). Central themes of transaction whereby Mary bought a piece of cheese in the local market See Aczel (1988), context. How can a relation of out to describe cognitive procedures just as much as the syntactic or transmitted) while minimizing the possibility of errors caused by $$\mathbf{C}$$. naturally transforms each global constraint $$T Consider again the waiter example. Sebastian Sequoiah-Grayson general consist of some constraints that may not even be global, but \(\mathscr{M}$$ and a global state $$s$$, the crucial satisfaction part $$\mathbf{A}$$ of a system (actually part the following “spy example” (originally Barwise 1988 with scenarios where the announcing agent is aware of the private case that $$\phi$$”. semantics for DEL can be understood as providing a conceptual motivation behind strongly semantic information is that for a Epistemic Actions”, in K. Bimbo (ed.) counterexample instances has measure 0. 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