Papers by Carson Grubaugh
Kybernetes, May 27, 2014
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This book serves as the main reference for an undergraduate course on Philosophy of Information. ... more This book serves as the main reference for an undergraduate course on Philosophy of Information. The book is written to be accessible to the typical undergraduate student of Philosophy and does not require propaedeutic courses in Logic, Epistemology or Ethics. Each chapter includes a rich collection of references for the student interested in furthering her understanding of the topics reviewed in the book. The book covers all the main topics of the Philosophy of Information and it should be considered an overview and not a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of a philosophical area. As a consequence, 'The Philosophy of Information: a Simple Introduction' does not contain research material as it is not aimed at graduate students or researchers.
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Kybernetes, 2014
Purpose – To ask if humans have a categorical obligation to maintain narratives, especially perso... more Purpose – To ask if humans have a categorical obligation to maintain narratives, especially personal narratives of identity? Or, are we better off evolving past such things? This question is closely related to a discussion of how and why humans tend to place value on a certain amount of organization in content, semantic and otherwise. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Examples from a personal art projects set the stage for the major questions of the paper regarding the ordering of content. Findings – One can create a Cartesian mapping of content, with Shannon Entropy and Kolmogorov Complexity as the two vectors, thus constructing a histogram that is useful for the analysis of content of all sorts. Humanity seems to value/find useful, a certain sector of this histogram. The reason for this appears to supervene on biological imperatives for survival. These commitments are now put under pressure due to an increase in variety and complexity in personal and societal narrativ...
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Society for the Philosophy of Information, Nov 22, 2013
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Purpose
– To ask if humans have a categorical obligation to maintain narratives, especially ... more Purpose
– To ask if humans have a categorical obligation to maintain narratives, especially personal narratives of identity? Or, are we better off evolving past such things? This question is closely related to a discussion of how and why humans tend to place value on a certain amount of organization in content, semantic and otherwise. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
Design/methodology/approach
– Examples from a personal art projects set the stage for the major questions of the paper regarding the ordering of content.
Findings
– One can create a Cartesian mapping of content, with Shannon Entropy and Kolmogorov Complexity as the two vectors, thus constructing a histogram that is useful for the analysis of content of all sorts. Humanity seems to value/find useful, a certain sector of this histogram. The reason for this appears to supervene on biological imperatives for survival. These commitments are now put under pressure due to an increase in variety and complexity in personal and societal narratives, causing an unease about the future.
Research limitations/implications
– This paper formulates the relevant moral questions by providing a structure within to ask them. Answering these questions is for another time.
Practical implications
– The histogram helps situate various degrees of content organization and is thus a useful tool for analyzing content. It could lead to something akin to Birkhoff's Aesthetic Measure, but for content of all sorts rather than just aesthetic objects.
Originality/value
– The format is singular for a journal article.
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Books by Carson Grubaugh
This book introduces key topics in the philosophy of information, written by the PI research netw... more This book introduces key topics in the philosophy of information, written by the PI research network of the Society for the Philosophy of Information.
Beta version published 2012, first version published 2013.
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Papers by Carson Grubaugh
– To ask if humans have a categorical obligation to maintain narratives, especially personal narratives of identity? Or, are we better off evolving past such things? This question is closely related to a discussion of how and why humans tend to place value on a certain amount of organization in content, semantic and otherwise. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
Design/methodology/approach
– Examples from a personal art projects set the stage for the major questions of the paper regarding the ordering of content.
Findings
– One can create a Cartesian mapping of content, with Shannon Entropy and Kolmogorov Complexity as the two vectors, thus constructing a histogram that is useful for the analysis of content of all sorts. Humanity seems to value/find useful, a certain sector of this histogram. The reason for this appears to supervene on biological imperatives for survival. These commitments are now put under pressure due to an increase in variety and complexity in personal and societal narratives, causing an unease about the future.
Research limitations/implications
– This paper formulates the relevant moral questions by providing a structure within to ask them. Answering these questions is for another time.
Practical implications
– The histogram helps situate various degrees of content organization and is thus a useful tool for analyzing content. It could lead to something akin to Birkhoff's Aesthetic Measure, but for content of all sorts rather than just aesthetic objects.
Originality/value
– The format is singular for a journal article.
Books by Carson Grubaugh
Beta version published 2012, first version published 2013.
– To ask if humans have a categorical obligation to maintain narratives, especially personal narratives of identity? Or, are we better off evolving past such things? This question is closely related to a discussion of how and why humans tend to place value on a certain amount of organization in content, semantic and otherwise. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
Design/methodology/approach
– Examples from a personal art projects set the stage for the major questions of the paper regarding the ordering of content.
Findings
– One can create a Cartesian mapping of content, with Shannon Entropy and Kolmogorov Complexity as the two vectors, thus constructing a histogram that is useful for the analysis of content of all sorts. Humanity seems to value/find useful, a certain sector of this histogram. The reason for this appears to supervene on biological imperatives for survival. These commitments are now put under pressure due to an increase in variety and complexity in personal and societal narratives, causing an unease about the future.
Research limitations/implications
– This paper formulates the relevant moral questions by providing a structure within to ask them. Answering these questions is for another time.
Practical implications
– The histogram helps situate various degrees of content organization and is thus a useful tool for analyzing content. It could lead to something akin to Birkhoff's Aesthetic Measure, but for content of all sorts rather than just aesthetic objects.
Originality/value
– The format is singular for a journal article.
Beta version published 2012, first version published 2013.