Situation Theory and Its Applications: Volume 1

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Situation Theory and Its Applications: Volume 1 is written by Robin Cooper and published by Center for the Study of Language (CSLI). It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0937073547 (ISBN 10) and 9780937073544 (ISBN 13).

Situation Theory grew out of attempts by Jon Barwise in the late 1970s to provide a semantics for 'naked-infinitive' perceptual reports such as 'Claire saw Jon run'. Barwise's intuition was that Claire didn't just see Jon, an individual, but Jon doing something, a situation. Situations are individuals having properties and standing in relations. A theory of situations would allow us to study and compare various types of situations or situation-like entitles, such as facts, events, and scenes. One of the central themes of situation theory of meaning and reference should be set within a general theory of information, one moreover that is rich enough to do justice to perception, communication, and thought. By now many people have contributed by the need to give a rigorous mathematical account of the principles of information that underwrite the theory.