Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the MillenniumUniversity of Chicago Press, 2007 M12 1 - 282 páginas Holding On to Reality is a brilliant history of information, from its inception in the natural world to its role in the transformation of culture to the current Internet mania and is attendant assets and liabilities. Drawing on the history of ideas, the details of information technology, and the boundaries of the human condition, Borgmann illuminates the relationship between things and signs, between reality and information. "[Borgmann] has offered a stunningly clear definition of information in Holding On to Reality. . . . He leaves room for little argument, unless one wants to pose the now vogue objection: I guess it depends on what you mean by nothing."—Paul Bennett, Wired "A superb anecdotal analysis of information for a hype-addled age."—New Scientist "This insightful and poetic reflection on the changing nature of information is a wonderful antidote to much of the current hype about the 'information revolution.' Borgmann reminds us that whatever the reality of our time, we need 'a balance of signs and things' in our lives."—Margaret Wertheim, LA Weekly |
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... present in its own right . It is a thing . And so with the trees , the nest , the raptors , and the fish . While natural signs emerge from their environment and disap- pear in it again , conventional signs have an unnatural prominence ...
... present in its own right . It is a thing . And so with the trees , the nest , the raptors , and the fish . While natural signs emerge from their environment and disap- pear in it again , conventional signs have an unnatural prominence ...
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... present immediately and things we have heard or read about . Thus a still more distinctive sense of informa- tion is needed . We may call it instructive information because in its original and central sense it teaches us about what is ...
... present immediately and things we have heard or read about . Thus a still more distinctive sense of informa- tion is needed . We may call it instructive information because in its original and central sense it teaches us about what is ...
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... present from past tense , and feminine gender from masculine . Ventris also looked for the names of towns we know to have been celebrated in antiquity — Knossos , site of the royal palace , and Amnisos , the harbor town . Scholars had ...
... present from past tense , and feminine gender from masculine . Ventris also looked for the names of towns we know to have been celebrated in antiquity — Knossos , site of the royal palace , and Amnisos , the harbor town . Scholars had ...
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... present . Many details have to be omitted . But there is one piece of historical reality that will elude my account , no matter how detailed — the event of my writing the account . The problem is the one that besets the project of the ...
... present . Many details have to be omitted . But there is one piece of historical reality that will elude my account , no matter how detailed — the event of my writing the account . The problem is the one that besets the project of the ...
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Contenido
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Part Two Cultural Information Information for Reality | 55 |
Part Three Technological Information Information as Reality | 123 |
Conclusion Information and Reality | 213 |
Notes | 235 |
Index | 265 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium Albert Borgmann Vista previa limitada - 1999 |
Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium Albert Borgmann Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium Albert Borgmann Sin vista previa disponible - 2000 |
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