Re: [Fis] The notion of "meaning" in the COST proposal

2009-04-01 Thread joe.bren...@bluewin.ch
he notion of "meaning" in the COST proposal Re: [Fis] The notion of "meaning" in the COST proposal--> Folks -- I think that meaning can be generalized to contextuality. I have proposed, for example, that meaning exists in occult form in physics, in the function of const

Re: [Fis] The notion of "meaning" in the COST proposal

2009-04-01 Thread Loet Leydesdorff
: Christophe Menant Cc: fis@listas.unizar.es Subject: Re: [Fis] The notion of "meaning" in the COST proposal Folks -- I think that meaning can be generalized to contextuality. I have proposed, for example, that meaning exists in occult form in physics, in the function of constant va

Re: [Fis] The notion of "meaning" in the COST proposal

2009-04-01 Thread Stanley Salthe
Folks -- I think that meaning can be generalized to contextuality. I have proposed, for example, that meaning exists in occult form in physics, in the function of constant variables in descriptive equations. We know that the values of constants in an equation will influence the result. So,

[Fis] The notion of "meaning" in the COST proposal

2009-04-01 Thread Christophe Menant
Thanks Stan, Biosemiotics can indeed be part of the story (http://crmenant.free.fr/Biosemiotics3/INDEX.HTM ), but part only. My point is about the importance of the notion of ”meaning” when talking about information. Interpretation of information (meaning generation) is key when information i