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Information, information theory: A character or a character combination contains information when it is clear to the recipient that this character or the character combination appears instead of another possible character or a possible character combination. The supply of possible characters determines to a part the probability of the occurrence of a character from this supply. In addition, the expected probability of the appearance of a character can be increased by already experienced experiences of regularities. The amount of information transmitted by a character depends on the improbability of the occurrence of the character._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Humberto Maturana on Information - Dictionary of Arguments
I 86f Information/Maturana: it is false to say that the nervous system encoded information on the environment and represents it in the functional organization. Correct: there are processes (not descriptions) that are encoded. - They can be decoded only by the actual realization. - The code is not isomorphic with a description. >Code, >Description/Maturana, >Processes, >Representation, >Nervous System. Information applies only to the cognitive domain: it refers to the degree of uncertainty in the behavior of the observer within defined alternatives. >Behavior, >Observation, >Operation/Maturana._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Maturana I Umberto Maturana Biologie der Realität Frankfurt 2000 |