Meaning, truth, and information: Prolegomena to a theory

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-74

  Budd, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Information science; Information theory; Semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751673634     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411111105452     Document Type: Article

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