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Meaning decoded: a mathematical model for understanding purpose and agency.
Mathematical Models of Meaning
A Dynamic Systems Approach to Possible World Semiotics
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288 pages
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22 September 2025
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Summary
A mathematical model of meaning that captures the dynamics and diversity of meaning-oriented agents.
In Mathematical Models of Meaning, Paul Kockelman offers answers to the following kinds of questions:
- What is meaning?
- What is the relation between meaning, information, value, and purpose?
- What ingredients are necessary for a system to exhibit meaning?
- What behaviors, and capacities for behavior, are particular to meaning-oriented agen…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262552684 |
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| ISBN-10: | 026255268X |
| Author: | Paul Kockelman |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 22 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Paul Kockelman
Paul Kockelman teaches in the Department of Anthropology at Yale University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Art of Interpretation in the Age of Computation, The Anthropology of Intensity, and Last Words - Large Language Models and the AI Apocalypse.
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