The Chinese philosophy of information by Kun Wu

Abstract

PurposeBy introducing the basic concepts and theories of the philosophy of information created by Kun Wu, and making some comparisons of the philosophy of information and related information theories between Wu and other scholars, this paper aims to have Chinese philosophy of information widely known and understood by more people in the world, thus promoting the international exchanges between Chinese and Western scholars on the topic of philosophy of information.Design/methodology/approachThe main research methods used in this paper are the literature review and the comparative study. On the one hand, it reviews some related concepts and theories in Kun Wu's academic works of philosophy of information. On the other hand, it compares the thoughts and viewpoints of Kun Wu with those of other scholars.FindingsFirst, Kun Wu is the first person who has established a complete and comprehensive theoretical system of philosophy of information in China; second, Kun Wu's philosophy of information is significant in originality and value, which could be thought as the intellectual quintessence of information age, thus worth learning. Third, with more international exchanges, Chinese philosophy of information created by Wu will surely be more and more influential in philosophical circles at home and abroad.Originality/valueIt is a very valuable first-hand material for Western scholars to know and understand Chinese philosophy of information.

The Limitations of Deep Learning in Achieving Real Artificial Intelligence

“…For an evolutionary system, the experienced time is transformed into the structure of space, and the passed time is stored in the subsequent spatial structure, thus generating new properties of the system [4]. However, during the training of a neural network, the hyperparameters representing the spatial structure are designed, i.e., they are otherorganized, and remain constant throughout the process.…”

Informational development: A new form of human development in future society

“…In ontology, I need to explain what the informational human existence is. According to the definition of information given by Wu (Wu, 2005a, 45–46; Wu and Da, 2021, 872), information is “a philosophical category denoting the indirect existence, and it is the representation of the mode and state of matter (direct existence)”. Based on this definition, informational human existence can be defined as “humans exist in their indirect way, representing the mode and state of their direct (i.e.…”

“…According to the information intermediary theory of the occurrence of cognition (Wu, 2005a, 154–167; Wu and Da, 2021, 875), cognition occurs when there is information. The subject cannot recognize and act on the object without information; in other words, the subject and the object must be intermediated by the information; otherwise, the subject cannot recognize and act on the object.…”

“…According to the information constructing or virtual theory of the process of cognition (Wu, 2005a, 154–167; Wu and Da, 2021, 875), the process of cognition goes through multiple intermediaries between the subject and the object, including the objective information field, the physiological structure of the subject, the pre-existing experience and knowledge of the subject, and the effective material tools. With the continuous development of science and technology, there are more and more advanced material tools for us to recognize the objects.…”

“…We can see that, material development is the basic form of human development, and it is important for understanding and promoting human development. However, according to Chinese philosophy of information (Wu and Da, 2021, 875), the history of human development is a dual evolutionary history of matter and information. Human development involves not only material development, but also informational development, and in the future society, informational development is more important and significant, and we should pay more attention to the informational development of humans.…”