[Fis] "The Travelers"

[Stanley N Salthe]

Pedro wrote:

PM: Regarding the theme of physical information raised by Igor and Joseph,
the main problematic aspect of information (meaning) is missing there. One
can imagine that as two physical systems interact, each one may be
metaphorically attributed with meaning respect the changes experimented.
But it is an empty attribution that does not bring any further interesting
aspect.

SS: I have advanced (  On the origin of semiosis. * Cybernetics and Human
Knowing* 19 (3): 53-66. 2012 ) the idea that whenever context influences
importantly any reaction which, even in the physical realm, might be viewed
as an informational exchange, there is the forerunner of the interpretation
of an interaction, Such a simple 'interpretation' (proto-interpretation)
would then be the forerunner of meaning generation.  When context
importantly influences the outcome of a physical interaction, this brings a
"further interesting aspect" beyond the purely physical.

STAN
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