Is Information a Sufficient Basis for Cognition? Part 2: Physical Foundations
In this second part of our inquiry into the relation between information and cognition, we delve into the physical limits of the manifestation of an arbitrary object first with independence of any observer, then considering the nature of perception. The analysis of the manifestations of an object in...
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Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group
2011-10-01
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| description | In this second part of our inquiry into the relation between information and cognition, we delve into the physical limits of the manifestation of an arbitrary object first with independence of any observer, then considering the nature of perception. The analysis of the manifestations of an object in a homogeneous environment by means of wave phenomena shows that the information carried by such manifestations offers a constitutive fuzziness and ambiguity of the observed object. On the one hand, the details that can be specified concerning the object are strictly limited by the wave length; on the other hand, the volumetric details of the object (i.e. its bowls) are outlawed to the observer, not in virtue of the object opacity, but to the very dimension or complexity of the wave phenomenon in the space surrounding the object. The analysis of perception, considering this physical boundary and the specificity of the animal sensitivity, shows the combined role of other concurrent or previous percept and some a priori knowledge in the perception and awareness of reality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16c98289a7204da28a518c59995677cf2023-09-02T12:41:32ZengPaderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research GrouptripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique1726-670X1726-670X2011-10-019236737610.31269/triplec.v9i2.286286Is Information a Sufficient Basis for Cognition? Part 2: Physical FoundationsJosé María Díaz Nafría0Mario Pérez-Montoro1Science of Information Institute, Washington, U.S.A; Universidad de León, SpainDepartment of Information Science, University of Barcelona, SpainIn this second part of our inquiry into the relation between information and cognition, we delve into the physical limits of the manifestation of an arbitrary object first with independence of any observer, then considering the nature of perception. The analysis of the manifestations of an object in a homogeneous environment by means of wave phenomena shows that the information carried by such manifestations offers a constitutive fuzziness and ambiguity of the observed object. On the one hand, the details that can be specified concerning the object are strictly limited by the wave length; on the other hand, the volumetric details of the object (i.e. its bowls) are outlawed to the observer, not in virtue of the object opacity, but to the very dimension or complexity of the wave phenomenon in the space surrounding the object. The analysis of perception, considering this physical boundary and the specificity of the animal sensitivity, shows the combined role of other concurrent or previous percept and some a priori knowledge in the perception and awareness of reality.https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/286Physics of observationWavesInverse problemTheory of perceptionBiophysicsEpistemologyCognition |
| spellingShingle | José María Díaz Nafría Mario Pérez-Montoro Is Information a Sufficient Basis for Cognition? Part 2: Physical Foundations tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique Physics of observation Waves Inverse problem Theory of perception Biophysics Epistemology Cognition |
| title | Is Information a Sufficient Basis for Cognition? Part 2: Physical Foundations |
| title_full | Is Information a Sufficient Basis for Cognition? Part 2: Physical Foundations |
| title_fullStr | Is Information a Sufficient Basis for Cognition? Part 2: Physical Foundations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is Information a Sufficient Basis for Cognition? Part 2: Physical Foundations |
| title_short | Is Information a Sufficient Basis for Cognition? Part 2: Physical Foundations |
| title_sort | is information a sufficient basis for cognition part 2 physical foundations |
| topic | Physics of observation Waves Inverse problem Theory of perception Biophysics Epistemology Cognition |
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