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Hierarchy and the Nature of Information This publication appears in: Information Authors: R. Cottam, W. Ranson and R. Vounckx Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-10 Publication Date: Jan. 2016
Abstract: We address the nature of information from a systemic structural point of view. Starting fromthe Natural hierarchy of living systems, we elucidate its decomposition into two partial hierarchiesassociated with its extant levels and inter-level regions, respectively. External observation of ahierarchical system involves the generation of approximate hyperscalar representations of these twopartials, which then reintegrate to give a singular metascalar result. We relate Havel’s categories ofreality and Peirce’s categories of experience to this result, and indicate that the ultimate result of thereintegration of hyperscalar data and context is a sign which is information.
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