%0 Journal Article
%T Semantic Information and the Trivialization of Logic: Floridi on the Scandal of Deduction
%A Marcello D'Agostino
%J Information
%D 2013
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/info4010033
%X In this paper we discuss Floridi¡¯s views concerning semantic information in the light of a recent contribution (in collaboration with the present author) [1] that defies the traditional view of deductive reasoning as ¡°analytic¡± or ¡°tautological¡± and construes it as an informative, albeit non-empirical, activity. We argue that this conception paves the way for a more realistic notion of semantic information where the ¡°ideal agents¡± that are assumed by the standard view can be indefinitely approximated by real ones equipped with growing computational resources.
%K semantic information
%K Cohen¨CNagel paradox
%K tractability
%K analytic-synthetic distinction
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/4/1/33