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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span
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color:navy'>The alternative is to give up looking for a unifying definition of information
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>qua </span></i>static content and look for,
instead of a mathematical theory, a concept of information as a common dynamic process,
by definition multi-dimensional.<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:navy'>Joseph <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Fis [mailto:fis-bounces@listas.unizar.es] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Loet Leydesdorff</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> vendredi, 6 mars 2020 07:48<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> João Alvaro Carvalho; fis<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Fis] [External
Email] Re: defining information</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI"'>I gave up looking for an unifying definition of
information.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI"'>As soon I switch to another context (for example,
moving from the context of organisational work to the human mind or to
the cell) the key features are different.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI"'>This problem is precisely a reason to stick to a
content-free, i.e., mathematical definition of information. Information
can then further be made relevant in any special theory. The application is not
dimension-free. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI"'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI"'>Loet<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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