CogS 4350 / Hons 3050 - the Information of Meaning

Winter, 2010

This is the home page for CogS 4350 / Hons 3050 - the Information of Meaning, Winter, 2010.

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

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin (another link . . .)

Purple and green optical illusion

Marcel Duchamp: Fountain (from SFMOMA)

Whole Earth Catalog (some sample pages)

The Medium is the Massage (Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore)

A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)

Tapestry in the Baroque -- "The Battle of the Milvian Bridge"