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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dear Marcus and FIS Colleagues,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Thank you very much for your great effort to develop useful
knowledge about information phenomena.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>For me, the FIS discussions are very interesting.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Unfortunately, I have no time to participate actively due to
preparing ITHEA Int. Conferences, and especially, the <FONT style="size: 4">GIT
Int. Conference this year in July in Varna, Bulgaria.</FONT>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>After July 15, I shall be able to take part in this discussion
if it still will be available.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I have many remarks and considerations which I want to share
with you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Friendly regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Krassimir</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=55mrcs@gmail.com
href="mailto:55mrcs@gmail.com">Marcus Abundis</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 16, 2016 1:53 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=fis@listas.unizar.es
href="mailto:fis@listas.unizar.es">fis@listas.unizar.es</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Fis] "A Priori" Modeling of Information</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you Pedro, and of course, thank you very much for your enduring
efforts in moderating this site . . . </DIV>
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<DIV>Greetings to all,</DIV>
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<DIV>This session covers the <I>a priori</I> modeling of information. It targets
a “meaningful void” named by Shannon and Weaver (1949). As such, it seeks to
frame a “theory of meaning” and a “unified theory of information” (UTI), two
thorny issues. <I>A priori</I> models can help as they often focus on organizing
principles. Also, a winning view should offer benefits that equal or surpass
gains seen from Shannon’s (1948) earlier work. For example, firm notions of
meaning and universality are key to founding a <I>meaningful</I> AI, and to
addressing hurdles in quantum mechanics/computing and in material science
(Aspuru-Guzik, 2015). </DIV>
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<DIV>An <I>a priori</I> effort starts with “what comes <I>before</I>
information,” using analytic philosophy to frame core concepts, but it ends in a
phenomenology of useful information – two often opposed views. The session thus
entails divergent levels of analysis that may stir confusion. For example,
disorder at one level implies a type of order at a different level (type theory,
Bateson’s “differences themselves must be differentiated”), but framed by one
system of thought. Thus, to help guide this session and to initiate group
dialogue, a cursory model is offered. With the foregoing cautionary notes in
mind, I invite you to join this FIS session: together we will see what unfolds.
. . . .</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>The full version of this introductory text (1,600 words) is attached as a
PDF, or can be downloaded at:</DIV>
<DIV><A href="https://issuu.com/mabundis/docs/fis"
target=_blank>https://issuu.com/mabundis/docs/fis</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>The central goal of this session is – from an "a priori" perspective – to
name specific structural fundaments, and attempt some progress on
modeling:</DIV>
<DIV>1. An UTI that reconciles/synthesizes the works of Shannon (entropy),
Bateson (differences/distinctions), and Darwinian selection (e.g., Are these the
correct starting points and how do we proceed?)<BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">2. How "meaning" can be framed in a *fundamental* manner
that makes sense within the diverse informational roles we now confront
(minimizing "higher-order" debate, re Deacon's [from IS4IS] "keeping our levels
straight")</SPAN><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"></DIV>
<DIV>I look forward to hearing your thoughts . . . </DIV>
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<DIV>Marcus</DIV></DIV>
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