Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-04 Thread Robin Faichney
Saturday, December 3, 2011, 8:43:47 PM, Gavin wrote: I was reading Richard Dawkins book “the greatest show on earth” and almost fell over backwards when I read his comments about life and information. He says the only difference between living matter and non living matter is information. That

Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-04 Thread Krassimir Markov
Dear Marcin, You are quite right: Your Theory is absolutely correct ! As well as the Theory of Mark, of course as main, and as all others, at the first place - the Theory of Shannon ! Every theory represents any specific point of view and from its point of view it is correct. What we have to

Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-04 Thread Joseph Brenner
Dear Gordana and Loet, Ref.: Cat, Jordi. 2007. The Unity of Science. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. I think you are being too defensive vis à vis the conventional idea of science. The authority of people who have decided to what information science must be limited may be open to