[Fis] [External Email] Re: defining information

[Stanley N Salthe]

Moises -- I have tried other definitions of information. None are
completely satisfactory. In '08 I suggested that information is
any constraint on entropy production,

STAN

On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:26 PM Moisés André Nisenbaum <
moises.nisenbaum en ifrj.edu.br> wrote:

> Hi, Stan.
> Curiosity: today, would you change this definition? If so, that's because
> you change your mind or because Information have changed?
>
> Cheers.
> Moisés
>
> Em qua., 4 de mar. de 2020 às 17:27, Stanley N Salthe <
> ssalthe en binghamton.edu> escreveu:
>
>> Here is my 1993 definition of Information:
>>
>> Here is my 1993 definition of information:
>>
>> Information is a significant arrangement that could have been different
>> without any different expenditure of energy. Because it cannot be
>> specified by natural laws, there is always an element of surprise in
>> information.
>>
>> Dretske (1981)* Knowledge and the Flow of Information* (MIT Press) has
>> argued that materially it is the most highly specified digital content an
>> analog sign could have, thus stating a principle of maximum information
>> capacity per sign with respect to the meaning of information. Information
>> implies interpretation; potential information stored elsewhere than where
>> an observer could tap it is like the unavailable energy of heat. Both are
>> observer related.
>>
>> STAN
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