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In Defence of the Veridical Nature of Semantic Information

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: This paper contributes to the current debate on the nature of semantic information by offering a semantic argument in favour of the veridical thesis according to which p counts as information only if p is true.In the course of the analysis, the paper reviews some basic principles and requirements for any theory of semantic information.

Source: University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE)

Author: Luciano Floridi

Language: English

Topic: Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3183702219

FWCI: 25.41

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