Friday, 10 September 2004
Problems of Quantifying Knowledge
Nicholas Rescher
Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh 12:05 pm

817R Cathedral of Learning

Abstract: The problem of quantifying knowledge was put on the agenda of philosophy by G. W. Leibniz in the 1690's.  It has intriguing ramifications that have not even begun to be explored.  My talk will give a general conspectus of the lay of the land.