Information and the nature of reality : from physics to metaphysics / edited by Paul Davies, Niels Henrik Gregersen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davies, P. C. W., editor.

Gregersen, Niels Henrik, 1956- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmology--Congresses.

Cosmology.

Information science--Philosophy--Congresses.

Information science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Information & the Nature of Reality

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many scientists regard mass and energy as the primary currency of nature. In recent years, however, the concept of information has gained importance. Why? In this book, eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians chart various aspects of information, from quantum information to biological and digital information, in order to understand how nature works. Beginning with an historical treatment of the topic, the book also examines physical and biological approaches to information, and its philosophical, theological and ethical implications.

Contents:

Does information matter? / Paul Davies and Niels Henrik Gregersen

From matter to materialism ... and (almost) back / Ernan McMullin

Unsolved dilemmas : the concept of matter in the history of philosophy and in contemporary physics / Philip Clayton

Universe from bit / Paul Davies

Computational universe / Seth Lloyd

Minds and values in the quantum universe / Henry Pierce Stapp

Concept of information in biology / John Maynard Smith

What is missing from theories of information / Terence W. Deacon

Information and communication in living matter / Bernd-Olaf Küppers

Semiotic freedom : an emerging force Jesper Hoffmeyer

Care on earth : generating informed concern / Holmes Rolston

Sciences of complexity : a new theological resource? / Arthur Peacocke

God as the ultimate informational principle / Keith Ward

Information, theology and the universe / John F. Haught

God, matter, and information : towards a Stoicizing Logos christology / Niels Henrik Gregersen

What is the 'spiritual body'? : On what may be regarded as 'ultimate' in the interrelation between God, matter, and information / Michael Welker.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-86138-9

1-107-20813-0

1-282-94356-1

9786612943560

0-511-85944-9

0-511-85857-4

0-511-85770-5

0-511-86031-5

0-511-77875-9

0-511-85683-0

OCLC:

693761317