Dear Terry and colleagues,
I agree that one should not confuse communication with the substance of
communication (e.g., life in bio-semiotics). It seems useful to me to
distinguish between several concepts of "communication".
1. Shannon's (1948) definitions in "The Mathematical Theory of
Com
Dear All,
Terry's phrase deserves at least the attention, if not the agreement of all of
us. In my view, qualitative terms belong in science if they follow some sort of
logic. There are risks, of fraud and pseudo-science, but these risks cannot be
avoided in reality by relying on mathematics al
Dear all,
Is it useful to think of the quantitative and qualitative as different
descriptions of the same thing. Even the pseudoscience describes something -
even if it is merely the ego of its inventor... But it may yet be a relevant
additional description.
This short interview with David Boh
Happiness is a Tautology
Dear friends,
1) Introduction
There are very many aspects, levels, perspectives to a discussion that
deserves its name. We all work on understanding a system of highly complex
phenomena, which we call life. A part of it is, or it does, information, a
part of it i
Dear All,
In the discussion about the nature of science and the role of quantitative and
qualitative methods I would like to add the following statement:
Logic is the science of rational thinking or reasoning.
http://www.math-inst.hu/~nemeti/whatislogic.html
Logic is not a quantitative science.
Dear Terry and Loet，
I think both of your posts put forward a very important concept to information
studies, i.e., HIERARCHY.
Terry stated: "Communication needs to be more carefully distinguished from mere
transfer of physical differences, …… Any transfer of physical, physical
differences in t
Cari colleghi,
l'esistenza implica la conoscenza articolata nelle diverse scienze della
natura, umane e sociali. Quindi la "Science of Logic" , non la logica della
scienza,
di Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1812-1816) vale per qualsiasi tipo di
scienza. Difatti la scienza pura della ragione si divi
