Toward a New Science of Information

Hofkirchner, Wolfgang

doi:10.3390/info2020372

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“…Hofkirchner's aim is to seek a theory, a 'superconcept', which would encompass all the different manifestations of information, including the physical and the nonphysical. This ambitious programme is manifested as a framework based on complex systems theory and emergent properties [87][88][89][90], the most elaborate and sophisticated account of information in terms of complexity and emergence; for earlier suggestions of this sort, see [91]. Hokfkirchner's theory, however, seems not to have been developed further, nor applied by others, in recent years.…”

Section: Philosophy Of Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Still Minding the Gap? Reflecting on Transitions between Concepts of Information in Varied Domains

Bawden

Robinson

2020

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This conceptual paper, a contribution to the tenth anniversary Special Issue of Information, gives a cross-disciplinary review of general and unified theories of information. A selective literature review is used to update a 2013 article on bridging the gaps between conceptions of information in different domains, including material from the physical and biological sciences, from the humanities and social sciences including library and information science, and from philosophy. A variety of approaches and theories are reviewed, including those of Brenner, Brier, Burgin and Wu, Capurro, Cárdenas-García and Ireland, Hidalgo, Hofkirchner, Kolchinsky and Wolpert, Floridi, Mingers and Standing, Popper, and Stonier. The gaps between disciplinary views of information remain, although there has been progress, and increasing interest, in bridging them. The solution is likely to be either a general theory of sufficient flexibility to cope with multiple meanings of information, or multiple and distinct theories for different domains, but with a complementary nature, and ideally boundary spanning concepts.

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Section: Philosophy Of Informationmentioning

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Still Minding the Gap? Reflecting on Transitions between Concepts of Information in Varied Domains

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Robinson

2020

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“…Embora ciente das "fraquezas" do esquema e apesar dos esforços em aprimorar abordagens teóricas alternativas 1 , a Ciência da Informação não conseguiu, de acordo com Hofkirchner (2011) e outros, consolidar um corpo teórico que fosse reconhecido como uma teoria mais geral da informação. A terminologia empregada pela literatura acadêmica no Brasil, por exemplo, revela uma linguagem ainda muito próxima do "senso comum", pouco ou insuficientemente especializada, que remete a procedimentos e instrumentos e manipula, de acordo com Smit, Tálamo e Kobashi (2004), termos que expressam "um fim em si mesmo".…”

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O Senso Comum De Informação: Questões Oportunas

González

2015

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Problematizamos o conceito de informação, sob a perspectiva da Linguística Sociocognitiva, em especial da teoria da metáfora conceptual e da teoria dos frames semânticos, a fim de verificar se a terminologia predominante da Ciência da Informação (CI) é próxima do “senso comum”, como querem alguns autores da área. De fato, pudemos descrever o esquema cognitivo em que o conceito de informação é produtivo. Identificamos um componente da metáfora do canal, a metáfora INFORMAÇÃO É CONTEÚDO, capaz de confirmar a suspeita dos epistemólogos da CI e ir além: ela revela uma maneira mecânica de “falar sobre comunicação” que é de um “senso comum” desde há muitos séculos. Qual “senso comum”? Argumentando que a metáfora INFORMAÇÃO É CONTEÚDO faz mais sentido no contexto da comunicação escrita do que na falada, sugerimos uma revisão crítica dos efeitos que o letramento em massa aos seis anos poderia estar provocando na mentalidade ocidental: ao valorizar a escrita, tecnologia fundamental para a sustentabilidade das “sociedades da informação”, estaremos negligenciando a oralidade e, em consequência, negando nossa humanidade? THE COMMONSENSE OF INFORMATION: TEMPESTIVE QUESTIONSAbstractWe problematize the concept of information, from the perspective of socio-cognitive linguistics, especially that from the conceptual metaphor and semantic frames theories, in order to check whether the prevailing terminology of the Information Science (IS) is close to the “commonsense”, as some authors whish. In fact, we describe a cognitive scheme in which the concept of information is productive. A component of the conduit metaphor, INFORMATION IS CONTENT, seems to confirm the suspicion of IS epistemologists and more: it reveals a mechanical way to “speek about communication” that is a “commonsense” for centuries. Which “commonsense”? Arguing that the metaphor INFORMATION IS CONTENT makes more sense in the context of written language than in spoken one, we suggest a critical review of the effects that mass literacy at age six could be causing in Western mind: giving prestige to the writing language, a key technology for the sustainability of “information societies”, are we neglecting orality and therefore denying our humanity?

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“…Hofkirchner argues in favor of a "Unified Theory of Information", which goes beyond Shannon Information. However, it should succeed in "being recognized by the overall scientific community as a more general Theory of Information that would, in fact, incorporate Shannonian Information Theory" [14,15].…”

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On Semantic Information in Nature

Johannsen¹

2015

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Abstract:The connection between semantic information and evolution has gained growing attention recently. Evolution in this contribution-as in others before-we consider as being driven by information. Semantic information, as we consider it, is based on energy. It follows syntactic and semantic rules. We assume syntax, semantics and pragmatics to be structural features of information in biological evolution. These features started to evolve with the very beginning of life and have become more complex and richer in the course of the unfolding biological evolution across all species. We argue that semantic information is an exclusive feature of biological evolution. We present an information model covering this which to a certain degree-it does not cover quantitative aspects-complements Shannon's information theory and opens novel views on informational based processes in nature.

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Toward a New Science of Information

Cited by 9 publications

References 10 publications

Still Minding the Gap? Reflecting on Transitions between Concepts of Information in Varied Domains

Still Minding the Gap? Reflecting on Transitions between Concepts of Information in Varied Domains

O Senso Comum De Informação: Questões Oportunas

On Semantic Information in Nature

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