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The term '''epistemic complexity''' is used in several contexts. | |||
* In Biology, {{quotation|Biological evolution is a progressing process of knowledge acquisition (cognition) and, correspondingly, of growth of complexity. The acquired knowledge represents epistemic complexity.}} (Kováč, 2007). Bailly and Longo (2003) provide a similar definition: {{quotation|{{quotation|By this notion we mean the global functions of a system, the external description of it as given by the knowing subject (thus "epistemic").}}. | |||
* In artificial intelligence, epistemic complexity could be defined in terms of the {{quotation|complexity of the decision problem for epistemic logics}} (Vardi, 1989). | |||
== Bibliography == | |||
* Bailly, Francis and Giuseppe Longo, (2003). Objective and Epistemic complexity in Biology, Invited lecture, International Conference on Theoretical Neurobiology, National Brain Research Centre, New Delhi, INDIA, February 2003. [ftp://ftp.di.ens.fr/pub/users/longo/CIM/obj-epi-complex.pdf PDF] | |||
* Kováč, Ladislav (2007). Information and Knowledge in Biology, Time for Reappraisal, ''Plant Signal Behavior'' 2(2): 65–73. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19516970 | |||
* Kováč L. Fundamental principles of cognitive biology. Evolution and Cognition. 2000;6:51–69. | |||
* Vardi, M.Y. (1989). On the complexity of epistemic reasoning, ''Fourth Annual Symposium on Logic in Computer Science, 1989. LICS '89, Proceedings, 243-252. | |||
Revision as of 14:34, 17 January 2012
The term epistemic complexity is used in several contexts.
- In Biology, “Biological evolution is a progressing process of knowledge acquisition (cognition) and, correspondingly, of growth of complexity. The acquired knowledge represents epistemic complexity.” (Kováč, 2007). Bailly and Longo (2003) provide a similar definition: {{quotation|“By this notion we mean the global functions of a system, the external description of it as given by the knowing subject (thus "epistemic").”.
- In artificial intelligence, epistemic complexity could be defined in terms of the “complexity of the decision problem for epistemic logics” (Vardi, 1989).
Bibliography
- Bailly, Francis and Giuseppe Longo, (2003). Objective and Epistemic complexity in Biology, Invited lecture, International Conference on Theoretical Neurobiology, National Brain Research Centre, New Delhi, INDIA, February 2003. PDF
- Kováč, Ladislav (2007). Information and Knowledge in Biology, Time for Reappraisal, Plant Signal Behavior 2(2): 65–73. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19516970
- Kováč L. Fundamental principles of cognitive biology. Evolution and Cognition. 2000;6:51–69.
- Vardi, M.Y. (1989). On the complexity of epistemic reasoning, Fourth Annual Symposium on Logic in Computer Science, 1989. LICS '89, Proceedings, 243-252.