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We can do whatever we want to so long as we do not violate any of the laws of physics, and then if some of what we do is supported by some, then all t...

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In the OP I gave a variety of examples of definitions of information. But I intended to answer the question of "What is information" collectively. I h...

This is the assumption that I was talking about. "This view of information assumes an underlying substance". I think we agree on this, though we misun...

I would say the information you are referring to has its neural correlates, thus is identical to a physical interaction in the brain, as described by ...

So a physical interaction is a necessity for information? Information only occurs during or after the fact? As a monist I would say that is true. When...

Pragmatic theory of information "The pragmatic information content is the information content received by a recipient; it is focused on the recipient ...

Wow, what excellent commentary, full of deep insights. I think by the end of this thread we may be able to describe some new information about informa...

Proof? Note how people are only conscious of the things that matter to them. The spectrum of light is very broad, but we only see what matters to us. ...

I was as much referring to the difficulty in understanding. :smile: Thanks for clarifying.

Such Bias with a capital B! I often think that a philosopher should start their enquiry possessing no knowledge at all, and then they would be free to...

People like the information philosopher have gone down that route. I trust in Shannon's understanding that information always exists embedded in a sub...

Are you familiar with Neural networks? If you start with a bias then you can not get anywhere. What is so wrong with panpsychism? Buddhism is panpsych...

See my reply to Issac above. I am searching for a philosophical understanding, and would be quite comfortable with a general principle of what is goin...

Quality, quantity, interaction. I will bear that in mind and try to arrive at a definition that has wide agreement and input.

Information describes the form of a substance - the edge, shape, perturbations, texture, volume, distinctive features, etc. Without this information t...

Thanks for the reply. That Channel has a few similar such videos, that I found extremely interesting. I will look into Friston's principle some more. ...

So you would agree with the view that we are a body of information integrating more information in our path? :up:

The information describes a primary substance, but not completely. Potentially there is always a deeper ingredient that creates a primary substance, a...

No, there is a primary substance, and then information about it. Those are the two logical necessities that we can never change. That is the metaphysi...

More then that - What is the source of order in the universe? That which integrates the Universe integrates us! I value Apo's input, and hope to conti...

I know what you mean it is a problem everybody experiences, because we tend to think of information only as something we receive. Which is true, BUT, ...

Information is a fundamental quantity. It is present in everything.

I can relate to what you are saying in some respects. I also have my quibbles about IIT. But I find Integrated information ( a concept preceding IIT )...

Thanks for the excellent summary. It seems a little like Neural networks, with the Markov chain, just much more complicated. Brains are obviously cent...

:grimace: I don't understand this. "our model challenges prominent theories on philosophy of mind, which assume that consciousness is a continuous str...

You provide me with expressions of your consciousness, that contain integrated information about it, whilst rubbishing me and IIT, all the while your ...

All of this is an expression of your consciousness. Note, it is vaguely integrated. It is integrated information! :lol:

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Are you saying that the Planck scale is irrelevant to life and mind? Did they just pop into existence separated from the foundations supporting them?

It is an integration of information. "What is information" is what this thread is supposed to be about.

IIT is panpsychist. Mass - energy - information is the new way forward. :smile: The mass-energy-information equivalence principle

Then what is this all about? The statement “everything is information” is also applicable to you. If you cannot provide something that is not informat...

Are you familiar with IIT Theory? It seems not. "According to the theory, just as the quantity of consciousness associated with a complex is determine...

I have provided you with a negatable statement. Very simple to negate! In the OP I quoted some definitions. Not my definitions. The purpose of the thr...

I'm quite surprised by your attitude. Lately you have provided some great links to the Royal Society, on how biology was going down the informational ...

"In this regard, in 1999, one of us (A.Z.) has put forward an idea which connects the concept of information with the notion of elementary systems. Fo...

As I understand it, initially Shannon called it a theory of communication.

It is logical. If we are to know about it, it will be via information of it. This is the simple reality. Everything is information. You can negate ( P...

Thanks for the link. I need a break. I'll read it later and comment.

What integrates the information In mind and everywhere else, is the big question? I think it is the anthropic principle. In certain ordered pockets of...

I did comment on this earlier. Yet everything is information, from an idealistic perspective. Consciousness has an ability to grey out certain informa...

Yeah, everything is a self organizing system. And the thing being organized is information.

Where in this statement is there an invite for unreasoned derision? Reasoned argument is always welcome. Much has been stated, there is plenty of meat...

So it holds up pretty well. No substantive counterarguments thus far. That would be how information integrates in mind. What makes information integra...

Thanks for the pointers. Yes, I'm breaking some rules I'm sure, in changing the camera angle. It is a powerful concept, but also a difficult one since...

There is a way to understand things that leads to this conclusion, namely Panpsychism. The evolution of informational structure might be a way to unde...

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Informational structure goes all the way down. Assuming electromagnetism is the fundamental substance, then a Wavicle is the finest grain of reality. ...

Specific reasons? Specific reasons? Specific reasons. pick an example state your reasons, and we can take it from there.