How to achieve a unified theory of information

The paper deals with the necessity and feasibility of an integrated information theory. It develops guidelines for how to conceive of information in a way that avoids the pitfalls of certain ways of thinking like reductionism, projectivism or disjunctivism.

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Main Author: Wolfgang Hofkirchner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group 2009-11-01
Series:tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
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Online Access:https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/114
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spelling doaj.art-a8e9e2c0013146de814fc92c11a98fa52023-08-02T08:57:37ZengPaderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research GrouptripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique1726-670X1726-670X2009-11-017235736810.31269/triplec.v7i2.114114How to achieve a unified theory of informationWolfgang Hofkirchner0ICT&S Center, University of SalzburgThe paper deals with the necessity and feasibility of an integrated information theory. It develops guidelines for how to conceive of information in a way that avoids the pitfalls of certain ways of thinking like reductionism, projectivism or disjunctivism.https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/114Information SocietyTwo CulturesSubject-Object-DialecticWays of Thinking
spellingShingle Wolfgang Hofkirchner
How to achieve a unified theory of information
tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
Information Society
Two Cultures
Subject-Object-Dialectic
Ways of Thinking
title How to achieve a unified theory of information
title_full How to achieve a unified theory of information
title_fullStr How to achieve a unified theory of information
title_full_unstemmed How to achieve a unified theory of information
title_short How to achieve a unified theory of information
title_sort how to achieve a unified theory of information
topic Information Society
Two Cultures
Subject-Object-Dialectic
Ways of Thinking
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