CogS 4350 - the Information of Meaning

Winter, 2005

This is the home page for CogS 4350 - the Information of Meaning, Winter, 2005.

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

Digital Culture (some portions)

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

• The classic Watson-Crick DNA paper
• The Richard Powers "Gold Bug Variations" site at UIUC
• The Goldberg Variations Site (May need a "reload" on the page)
• A fairly elaborate Gold Bug Variations Site
• Poe's "The Gold-bug" ,or The Gold-bug - by E. A. Poe ,or The Gold-bug - by E. A. Poe
• Two loves I have of comfort and despair

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

• Salt-and-policy.pdf
• A-DASH-of-Salt.pdf