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1、SemanticsofInformationandInteractiveComputationGordanaDodig-CrnkovicMälardalenUniversity,DepartmentofComputerScienceandElectronicsgordana.dodig-crnkovic@mdh.seAbstract.PhilosophyofInformation,PI,asenvisagedbyFloridimeansaparadigmshiftinphilosophy,withbothont
2、ologyandepistemologybeingbasedoninformation,insteadofknowledge.Thatmeansthatthefinestructureofbothphilosophicaldisciplinesbecomesexplicit,whichallowsforfundamentallynewconceptualizationsandinterpretations.PIrepresentsthustheidealdomainforthedevelopmentofnewl
3、ogicalapproaches,includinglogicalpluralism.Oneoftheclaimsthispaperwillmakeisthatlogicalpluralismcomesasanaturalconsequenceofthenewmulti-agent,concurrent,interactiveunderstandingofcomputing,whichinitsturnisunderstoodasinformationprocessing.Theargumentisbasedo
4、ntheunifiedviewofinformation/computationphenomena.Informationisdefinedasaresultofcomputation.Twoconcepts,informationandcomputationareconsideredasdualinasensethattheyaretwomanifestationsofthesamephysicalrealityofmatter-energy.Informationisapattern,instantaneo
5、us“stillpicture”ofanongoingcomputationalprocess.ItisthusinstructivetorelateInformationPhilosophywiththePhilosophyofComputing,asdevelopedbyCantwellSmith.Theinterestinginsighthemadeisthatthenewdevelopmentcallsfortheopeningupofcomputing(asdefinedbyHilbert’sprog
6、ramformathematics)tothearts,humanitiesandothernon-scientificpractices.InmyearlierpapersIarguedthatweareatthebeginningofanewRenaissance,withcomputingasanewframeworkwhichwillenablethemeetingandcommunicationbetweendifferentandtodaydisparatefields.Computingisnot
7、merelyorderingtheworld;itisintheworldandacting.Computersarenotonlythedevicesformechanizingmathematicsofthebeginningsofthetwentiethcentury-theyhaveapotentialtocomputationallysimulatetheworld,whichitselfmaybeconceivedofasacomputer(Zuse,Fredkin,Wolfram,Chaitin,
8、Lloyd).Inexpandingitsdomain,computationgoesbeyondChurch-Turinglimits(Burgin,Siegelman,Schachter).Computationalprocessesarenowadaysconceivedasdistributed,reactive,agent-basedandconcurrent(Wegner,