dc.contributor.author | Floridi, L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-06T11:01:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-02-06T11:01:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-02 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Floridi , L 2012 , ' Semantic information and the network theory of account ' , Synthese , vol. 184 , no. 3 , pp. 431-454 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-010-9821-4 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0039-7857 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 558206 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 9c03f462-f1d9-4149-8970-1fe33c356c6c | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000298756400013 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 84855315361 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/7762 | |
dc.description.abstract | The article addresses the problem of how semantic information can be upgraded to knowledge. The introductory section explains the technical terminology and the relevant background. Section 2 argues that, for semantic information to be upgraded to knowledge, it is necessary and sufficient to be embedded in a network of questions and answers that correctly accounts for it. Section 3 shows that an information flow network of type A fulfils such a requirement, by warranting that the erotetic deficit, characterising the target semantic information t by default, is correctly satisfied by the information flow of correct answers provided by an informational source s. Section 4 illustrates some of the major advantages of such a Network Theory of Account (NTA) and clears the ground of a few potential difficulties. Section 5 clarifies why NTA and an informational analysis of knowledge, according to which knowledge is accounted semantic information, is not subject to Gettier-type counterexamples. A concluding section briefly summarises the results obtained. | en |
dc.format.extent | 24 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Synthese | |
dc.subject | Account | |
dc.subject | Epistemic logic | |
dc.subject | Explanation | |
dc.subject | Gettier problem | |
dc.subject | Information theory | |
dc.subject | Network theory | |
dc.subject | Network theory of account | |
dc.subject | Philosophy of information | |
dc.subject | Semantic information | |
dc.subject | QUESTIONS | |
dc.subject | FLOW | |
dc.title | Semantic information and the network theory of account | en |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Humanities | |
dc.contributor.institution | Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute | |
dc.contributor.institution | Philosophy | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
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rioxxterms.versionofrecord | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-010-9821-4 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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