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This new anthology on formal theories of information is based upon research presented at the May 2006 Muenchenwiler seminar of the Information and Knowledge research groups of the computer science departments of the universities of Bern, Fribourg, and Neuchatel. The collection is split into five sections: Philosophical Reflections; The Syntactical Approach; The Semantical Approach; Beyond the Semantical Approach; and Philosophical Conclusions. Giovanni Sommaruga’s introduction is spot on, combining a brief but erudite introduction to the conceptual motivations underpinning research into formal theories of information with a thorough summary of the volume’s contributions. The first section, Philosophical Reflections, consists of Luciano Floridi’s ‘‘Philosophical Conceptions of Information.’’ Floridi’s piece is a good choice for the opening contribution both for its content and its delivery. He takes the reader on a clear and accessible journey through every day uses of information, Shannon’s mathematical theory of communication, Bar-Hillel and Carnap’s theory of semantic information, Floridi’s own theory of strongly semantic information, and a range of philosophical issues. Accessibility is not achieved at rigour’s expense; Floridi expects some philosophical acumen on the reader’s part, covering the issues with care. Some time is taken to ensure that the reader understands that Shannon’s communication theory is concerned with information measures based on the surprise value of the signals in question, and not concerned at all with the content carried by such signals. It was Bar-Hillel and Carnap’s later work on semantic information that outlined an analysis (both qualitative and quantitative) of informational content. Although, both

Giovanni Sommaruga (ed): Formal Theories of Information: From Shannon to Semantic Information Theory and General Concepts of Information