Re: [Fis] definitions of information

2007-11-12 Thread Rafael Capurro
] Betreff: Re: [Fis] definitions of information Von: Rafael Capurro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Datum: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:01:12 +0100 Stanley I think this is less a question of "grand theories" than of persons and interests. In this list the natural scientists are in the major

RE: [Fis] definitions of information

2007-11-10 Thread Stanley N. Salthe
Pedro said -- > Dear FIS colleagues, > > Adding to Bob's and Karl's on Shannonian info, I am still under the >influence of Seth Lloyd (one of the founders of quantum computation) >insights about inf physics. For him, the second law is but a statement >about information processing, how the underly

RE: [Fis] definitions of information

2007-11-09 Thread Pedro Marijuan
Dear FIS colleagues, Adding to Bob's and Karl's on Shannonian info, I am still under the influence of Seth Lloyd (one of the founders of quantum computation) insights about inf physics. For him, the second law is but a statement about information processing, how the underlying physical dynamic

Re: [Fis] definitions of information

2007-10-31 Thread Stanley N. Salthe
Commenting upon Pedro's" >Dear FIS colleagues, > >Sorry that I could barely follow and participate in the recent exchanges >(bureaucratic work overload). I was very interested in all the exchanges, >particularly in the early stages of the discussion. Notwithstanding the >high quality of the postin

RE: [Fis] definitions of information

2007-10-31 Thread Loet Leydesdorff
> 8. Any social, cultural, individual, neuronal, etc., visions or > acceptations of meaning finally conduce to life cycles > in-the-making and > confronting an open ended environment. > > 9. Meaning can only be about life, around the multiple > dimensions of fitness. Dear Pedro, In my opini

[Fis] definitions of information

2007-10-31 Thread Pedro Marijuan
Dear FIS colleagues, Sorry that I could barely follow and participate in the recent exchanges (bureaucratic work overload). I was very interested in all the exchanges, particularly in the early stages of the discussion. Notwithstanding the high quality of the postings maybe we have a natural p