ROVELLI, Carlo (2016) Meaning = Information + Evolution. [Preprint]

Preview

Text Meaning.pdf Download (270kB) | Preview

Abstract

Notions like meaning, signal, intentionality, are difficult to relate to a physical word. I study a purely physical definition of "meaningful information", from which these notions can be derived. It is inspired by a model recently illustrated by Kolchinsky and Wolpert, and improves on Dretske classic work on the relation between knowledge and information. I discuss what makes a physical process into a signal.

---

Export/Citation:

EndNote | BibTeX | Dublin Core | ASCII/Text Citation (Chicago) | HTML Citation | OpenURL

Social Networking:

Share |

---

Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ROVELLI, Carlo rovelli@cpt.univ-mrs.fr 0000-0003-1724-9737
Keywords:	Meaning, information, signal
Subjects:	General Issues > Reductionism/Holism
Depositing User:	Carlo ROVELLI
Date Deposited:	08 Nov 2016 15:28
Last Modified:	08 Nov 2016 15:28
Item ID:	12609
Subjects:	General Issues > Reductionism/Holism
Date:	8 November 2016
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12609

Monthly Views for the past 3 years

Monthly Downloads for the past 3 years

Plum Analytics

Actions (login required)

View Item