Re: [Fis] Information: a metaphysical word; what is chemical information?

2017-04-14 Thread Robert E. Ulanowicz
Dear Jerry, My apologies for taking so long to reply! I have been overwhelmed with queries on email, civic and social obligations and responsibilities for liturgical rubrics in my parish. I haven’t spent very much time online as a result. I sympathize entirely with your apprehensions, but I

Re: [Fis] Information: a metaphysical word

2017-03-27 Thread Sungchul Ji
zziart...@libero.it Cc: fis Subject: Re: [Fis] Information: a metaphysical word Dear Arturo, I am less pessimistic than you about treating and measuring information. First off, that information is always relative is the obverse of the third law of thermodynamics. It cannot be otherwise. <h

Re: [Fis] Information: a metaphysical word

2017-03-27 Thread Loet Leydesdorff
Everybody defines information in the way he prefers: subjective, biotic, bit, and so on. Therefore, every study that talks about "information" is meaningless. Dear Arturo, The “Therefore” does not follow. It is a non-igitur. For example, Shannon’s information theory is not necessarily