TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional Information
T2 - a Graded Taxonomy of Difference Makers
AU - Fresco, Nir
AU - Ginsburg, Simona
AU - Jablonka, Eva
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Nature B.V.
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - There are many different notions of information in logic, epistemology, psychology, biology and cognitive science, which are employed differently in each discipline, often with little overlap. Since our interest here is in biological processes and organisms, we develop a taxonomy of functional information that extends the standard cue/signal distinction (in animal communication theory). Three general, main claims are advanced here. (1) This new taxonomy can be useful in describing learning and communication. (2) It avoids some problems that the natural/non-natural information distinction faces. (3) Functional information is produced through exploration and stabilisation processes.
AB - There are many different notions of information in logic, epistemology, psychology, biology and cognitive science, which are employed differently in each discipline, often with little overlap. Since our interest here is in biological processes and organisms, we develop a taxonomy of functional information that extends the standard cue/signal distinction (in animal communication theory). Three general, main claims are advanced here. (1) This new taxonomy can be useful in describing learning and communication. (2) It avoids some problems that the natural/non-natural information distinction faces. (3) Functional information is produced through exploration and stabilisation processes.
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U2 - 10.1007/s13164-018-0410-7
DO - 10.1007/s13164-018-0410-7
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AN - SCOPUS:85081265191
SN - 1878-5158
VL - 11
SP - 547
EP - 567
JO - Review of Philosophy and Psychology
JF - Review of Philosophy and Psychology
IS - 3
ER -