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<p>What do we understand 'noise' to be?</p>
<p>The term 'noise' no longer suggests only aesthetic judgement,
as in acoustic or visual noise, and is now relevant to domains
as varied as communication theory, physics and biology. This
trans-disciplinary usage leads to confusion and complication,
and reveals that the question of noise is a properly
philosophical problem.</p>
<p>Presenting an analysis of the rising interest in the notion of
noise, this book investigates if there can be a coherent
understanding of what it is, that can be effectively shared
among the natural and human sciences, technology and the arts.
Drawing the philosophical consequences of noise for the theory
of knowledge, Malaspina undertakes a philosophical revaluation
of Shannon and Weaver's theory of 'information entropy'; this
forms the basis upon which to challenge the common idea that
noise can be reduced to notions of error, disorder or
disorganization. The wider consequences of this analysis relate
the technological and scientific aspect of noise, with its
cultural and psycho-social aspects. At the heart of Malaspina's
argument is the contestation of the ground upon which we judge
and distinguish noise from information and finally the
exploration of its emancipatory potential.</p>
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