Lecture 4 video

Video Index

• Introduction
  Introduction and adminstration.
• The Meaning of Meaning
  What do we mean when we say 'Snow is white'? Does that sentence mean the same thing to everyone?
• Contracrostipunctus Revisted
  Exploration of the multiple layers of meaning in this passage.
• Defining Meaning
  Meaning is the relationship between an object and its referrent.
• Encoding Information
  How complex phenomena can be modeled using simple equations.
• Lindenmeyer Systems
  Definition (formal grammar with self-similarity) with examples (Serpinski Gasket, Koch Snowflake). Self-similarity in nature.
• Cellular Automata
  The game of life and other cellular automata.