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Suggests
that Shannon’s work inspired Chomsky and others to look for
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semantics
in structure (syntax), which in turn inspired psychologists (e.g.,
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Miller)
and we might extend to say initiated the cognitive sciences and the
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debates
about whether meaning is constructed by the receiver (context
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bound)
or inherent in the message.
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Pierce:
Communication is a process of adjusting understandings and
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attitudes,
of making them congruent or ascertaining how and where they
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agree
or disagree. Common language is NOT
as important as a common
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interest. However, perfect common interest
(knowledge) makes
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communication
impossible (no information can exchange)—we need to be
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surprised
within our context ala Shannon.
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This
debate is related to arguments about relevance and indexing that are
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central
to information science.
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We
aim to balance order and randomness/novelty. Can we data mine the
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order
that escapes us (through biometrics or transaction logging)? What
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implications for information design and services?
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