Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-195) and index.
Signals -- Signals in nature -- Information -- Evolution -- Evolution in Lewis Signaling Games -- Deception -- Learning -- Learning in Lewis Signaling Games -- Generalizing signaling games : synonyms, bottlenecks, category formation -- Inventing new signals -- Networks I : logic and information processing -- Complex signals and compositionality -- Networks II : teamwork -- Learning to network.
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Brian Skyrms offers a demonstration of how fundamental signals are to our world. He uses various scientific tools to examine how meaning & communication develop. Signals operate in networks of senders & receivers at all levels of life, transmitting & processing information. That is how humans & animals think & interact.