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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dear Loet,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Thank you for yours remarks and questions!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>About point <B>1. Information is a primary concept</B><o:p
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>I could not say
anything. These principles were proposed by Pedro and maybe he would
answer.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT face=Calibri><FONT size=4>Point <B>2.
Information is a secondary concept</B><o:p
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>is written to show some
differences.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>These two points
correspond to the different paradigms about concept information.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>The first one is based
on understanding that the information exists independently of consciousness and
it is everywhere. This is so called “Attributive paradigm”.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>The second one is the
“Subjective paradigm” which is based on understanding that information is a
result from consciousness processing and exists only in its memory.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>So, it is clear, I
belong to the second paradigm.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT color=#ff0000 size=4 face=Calibri>Why
“data” instead of information? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT color=#000000 size=4
face=Calibri>The “Data“ and “Information” are dialectically interconnected.
<BR>The same reflection is Data or Information depending of the subjective
interconnections between internal mental models and it.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT style="COLOR: #ff0000"><FONT
face=Calibri><FONT size=4>What is reflected by whom? <FONT
color=#000000>The reflection for the Subject is what is activated on its
receptors. So, the subject, or INFOS, reflects states of its external and
internal sensors.</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4><FONT
style="COLOR: #ff0000">The measurement is not clear.<FONT color=#000000> Yes!
What is happen in the consciousness is still not known. But for practical needs
we already used differed structures and distances. There is nice work of Deza
and Deza called “Encyclopedia of </FONT></FONT><FONT style="COLOR: "><FONT
style="COLOR: #000000">distances” published by Springer. In addition you
may see the ITHEA book “Mathematics of distances” <A
style='href: "http://foibg.com/ibs_isc/ibs-25/ibs-25.htm"'><FONT
style="size: 3">http://foibg.com/ibs_isc/ibs-25/ibs-25.htm</FONT></A> <FONT
style="size: +0">.</FONT> </FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>You are welcome for
further questions and remarks!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>Friendly
greetings</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>Krassimir</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><FONT size=4 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=loet@leydesdorff.net
href="mailto:loet@leydesdorff.net">Loet Leydesdorff</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 28, 2020 8:57 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=markov@foibg.com
href="mailto:markov@foibg.com">Krassimir Markov</A> ; <A
title=fis@listas.unizar.es href="mailto:fis@listas.unizar.es">FIS</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fis] 10 Principles</DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri, sans-serif">I find it difficult to
follow. I added some comments and questions?</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><SPAN
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align=center><B>1. Information is a primary concept</B><o:p
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align=center><B>2. Information is a secondary concept</B><o:p
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<P class=MsoNormal>1. Information <FONT color=#ff0000>can be
considered</FONT> as information, neither matter nor energy.<o:p
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#ff0000>Matter is expressed as mass (e.g.
kilograms). Energy in Watts; information in dimensionless bits.
</FONT><o:p
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<P class=MsoNormal>1. Information is a class of reflections in material
entities. Not every reflection is information. <B><I>Only
</I></B><B><I><SPAN
style='COLOR: red; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>subjectively
comprehended </SPAN></I></B><B><I>reflections are information. Not
comprehended reflections are data.<o:p
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"></o:p></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT color=#ff0000>Why subjectively? Why “data”
instead of information.</FONT><o:p
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"></o:p></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT color=#ff0000>It seems that there can be
mutual information between information and reflections?
-:)</FONT></B></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal>2. Information is <SPAN
style='COLOR: red; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>comprehended
</SPAN>into structures, patterns, messages, or flows. <FONT
color=#ff0000>What do you mean with “comprehended”? Who is
comprehending?</FONT><o:p
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<P class=MsoNormal>2. Reflections may be comprehended as structures,
patterns, messages, flows, etc.<o:p
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#ff0000>What is reflected by whom
</FONT><o:p xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#ff0000>Or is this universally the case?
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<P class=MsoNormal>3. Information can be recognized, can be measured, and
can be processed (either computationally or
non-computationally).<o:p
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<P class=MsoNormal>3. Reflections can be recognized, can be measured—<FONT
color=#ff0000>what is the dimensionality</FONT>? How can it be measured? ,
and can be processed (either computationally or non-computationally).<o:p
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#ff0000>The measurement is not clear.
</FONT><o:p
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<P class=MsoNormal>4. <SPAN
style='COLOR: red; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Information
</SPAN>(i<FONT color=#ff0000>t seems to me that these are entropy and
energy flows</FONT>) flows are essential organizers of life's
self-production processes--anticipating, shaping, and <SPAN
style='COLOR: red; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>mixing
</SPAN>up (vague) with the accompanying energy flows.<o:p
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"></o:p></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal>4. Reflection flows are essential organizers of life's
self-production processes--anticipating, shaping, and mixing up with the
accompanying energy flows.<o:p
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<P class=MsoNormal>5. Communication/information exchanges among adaptive
life-cycles underlie the complexity of biological organizations at all
scales.<SPAN
style='COLOR: red; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Perhaps
even beyond biology.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><o:p
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<DIV>------ Original Message ------</DIV>
<DIV>From: "Krassimir Markov" <<A
href="mailto:markov@foibg.com">markov@foibg.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: "FIS" <<A
href="mailto:fis@listas.unizar.es">fis@listas.unizar.es</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: 6/28/2020 3:46:22 PM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: [Fis] 10 Principles</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dear Marcus and FIS Colleagues,<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>From my point of view the main choice which has to be made
in the very beginning is between two opposite cases:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>1. <B>Information is a primary concept</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><B>2. </B><B>Information is a secondary
concept</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>This is fundamental choice which cause all further
work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR>As I already had pointed, if information is a primary
concept than no theories about information can be created. One may create many
other theories for EVERYTHING but not for information. Only infinite variety
of examples may be created but not fruitful theory and discussions. For
instance, the religious approach belong to this class.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR>The second case gives us possibility to create theories
ABOUT information starting from one or more other primary
concepts.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I prefer the second case. The primary concepts I have used
are Entity and Relationship (<A
title=http://www.foibg.com/ijita/vol14/ijita14-1-p01.pdf
href="http://www.foibg.com/ijita/vol14/ijita14-1-p01.pdf">http://www.foibg.com/ijita/vol14/ijita14-1-p01.pdf</A>),
and Reflection as a result of interaction between entities.<BR><BR>To
illustrate the difference between two cases, let see the first 5 principles of
Pedro in the two variants: </FONT></DIV>
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align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">1. Information is a primary
concept</FONT></B></P></TD>
<TD
style="BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt"
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">2. Information is a
secondary concept</FONT></B></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">1. Information is information, neither matter nor
energy.</FONT></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">1. Information is a class of reflections in
material entities. Not every reflection is information. <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Only subjectively comprehended
reflections are information. Not comprehended reflections are
data.</I></B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">2. Information is comprehended into structures,
patterns, messages, or flows.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">2. Reflections may be comprehended as structures,
patterns, messages, flows, etc.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">3. Information can be recognized, can be
measured, and can be processed (either computationally or
non-computationally).</FONT></P></TD>
<TD
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">3. Reflections can be recognized, can be
measured, and can be processed (either computationally or
non-computationally).</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">4. Information flows are essential organizers of
life's self-production processes--anticipating, shaping, and mixing up
with the accompanying energy flows.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD
style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt"
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">4. Reflection flows are essential organizers of
life's self-production processes--anticipating, shaping, and mixing up
with the accompanying energy flows.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">5. Communication/information exchanges among
adaptive life-cycles underlie the complexity of biological organizations
at all scales.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD
style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt"
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">5. Communication is based on special kind of
reflections created by one entity and reflected by a second one. This
way, the reflections comprehended as information by the first entity may
be secondary reflected by the second one. Such information exchanges
among adaptive life-cycles underlie the complexity of biological
organizations at all scales.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>I am afraid that many of FIS members prefer the first case.
<BR>I do not know who prefer the second one beside me. If such ones exist,
please write to me and we will continue the productive common work.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Friendly greetings</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Krassimir</FONT></DIV>
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