Ontology or Epistemology: A Debate on the Philosophical Implication of Information

Proceedings

Dai, Jinping¹ 

关键词: philosophy of information;    ontological information;    epistemological information;    information-in-itself;   

DOI  :  10.3390/IS4SI-2017-03961

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Whether in the nearly 40 years’ researches on Chinese Philosophy of Information (PI), or in the conversation between Chinese and Western PI, there has always been a fundamental topic, which is the discussion or definition about the philosophic nature of information, focusing on whether philosophical meaning of information is a “ontological” concept or not, and how could it be possible to become into an issue of ontology. Is there “objective information” (“information-in-itself”) and how to establish a world of “binary-unity of matter and information”? How could the information be possible to exist in the ontological sense, or how to establish the ontological status of information? Is “Ontological information” a kind of “ontological informationalism” or “Pan-informationalism”? etc. It is of great significance for the study on PI to sort out and reconsider these arguments.

【 授权许可】

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