Hons 3050 / CogS 4350 - the Information of Meaning

Winter, 2004

 

This is the home page for Hons 3050 / CogS 4350 - the Information of Meaning, Winter, 2004.

Various things may be added here as the semester progresses, so be sure to check back . . .

Syllabus

These are the primary books we will be working with:

  1. Digital Culture, by Charlie Gere. Published by Reaktion Books, Ltd. ISBN 1-861-89143-1
  2. An Introduction to Information Theory, 2nd revised edition, by John R. Pierce. Published by Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-24061-4
  3. A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller, Jr. Published by Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-37926-7
  4. The Gold Bug Variations, by Richard Powers. Published by Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-06-097500-8
All the books are in paperback.

Here is the reference for the essay on the "Burke" quote about good men and evil, and about quoting: Good men and evil.

Here is another reference on the sources of "quotes": quote-unquote

Here are a few items related to The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers:

Here are a couple of "research related to social policy" papers: