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Information and the nature of reality : from physics to metaphysics /

From quantum to biological and digital, here eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians chart various aspects of information.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Davies, Paul, Gregersen, Niels Henrik, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Colección:Canto classics.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. History. From matter to materialism ... and (almost) back
  • Unsolved dilemmas : the concept of matter in the history of philosophy and in contemporary physics
  • part II. Physics. Universe from bit
  • The computational universe
  • Minds and values in the quantum universe
  • part III. Biology. The concept of information in biology
  • What is missing from theories of information?
  • Information and communication in living matter
  • Semiotic freedom : an emerging force
  • Care on Earth : generating informed concern
  • part IV. Philosophy and theology. The sciences of complexity : a new theological resource?
  • God as the ultimate informational principle
  • Information, theology and the universe
  • God, matter and information : towards a stoicizing logos Christology
  • What is the "spiritual body"? : on what may be regarded as "ultimate" in the interrelation between God, matter and information.