On Communication. An Interdisciplinary and Mathematical Approach
This book offers a radical new approach for the understanding of communication. By using the theoretical framework of complex systems theory communication is defined as the interplay of social and cognitive dynamics: communicators are modelled as complex
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THEORY AND DECISION LIBRARY General Editor: Julian Nida-R¨umelin (Munich) Series A: Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences Series B: Mathematical and Statistical Methods Series C: Game Theory, Mathematical Programming and Operations Research SERIES A: PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME 40
Assistant Editor: Thomas Schmidt (G¨ottingen) Editorial Board: Raymond Boudon (Paris), Mario Bunge (Montr´eal), Isaac Levi (New York), Richard V. Mattessich (Vancouver), Bertrand Munier (Cachan), Amartya K. Sen (Cambridge), Brian Skyrms (Irvine), Wolfgang Spohn (Konstanz) Scope: This series deals with the foundations, the general methodology and the criteria, goals and purpose of the social sciences. The emphasis in the Series A will be on well-argued, thoroughly analytical rather than advanced mathematical treatments. In this context, particular attention will be paid to game and decision theory and general philosophical topics from mathematics, psychology and economics, such as game theory, voting and welfare theory, with applications to political science, sociology, law and ethics.
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
ON COMMUNICATION. AN INTERDISCIPLINARY AND MATHEMATICAL APPROACH by
¨ JURGEN KLUVER University of Duisburg-Essen and
¨ CHRISTINA KLUVER University of Duisburg-Essen
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
v
PREFACE
vii
CHAPTER 1 / Introduction: Communication – Problems of a Concept and a New Methodical Approach
1
CHAPTER 2 / Excursion into Complex Systems Theory 2.1. General Concepts 2.2. Universal Modeling Schemas and Models of Soft Computing 2.3. Complex Systems Approach and Systems Dynamics
15 21
CHAPTER 3 / Meaning and Information: The Semantic Dimension of Communication 3.1. The Meaning of Meaning 3.2. Information and the Vector of Expectation 3.3. A Computational Model 3.4. Relevance and Evaluation of Messages
25 25 42 55 62
CHAPTER 4 / The Social Dimension of Communication 4.1. The Modeling of Social Interactions 4.2. Social Topology and Communication: An Example of Opinion Formation 4.3. The Emergence of Social Order by Communicative Processes of Typifying 4.4. Social Dimensionality and Communication: The Theory of Social Differentiation 4.5. The sd-Parameter 4.6. Semiot
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