Do Logical Truths Carry Information?

Minds and Machines

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 567-575

  Bremer, Manuel E ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algorithmic information; Depth information; Information content; Logical form; Logical truth

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BINARY CODES; FORMAL LOGIC; PROBABILITY; SYNTACTICS;

ONTOLOGY;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 0242720630     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026256918837     Document Type: Article

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