Developments of Research on the Nature of Life from the Information Theory of Individuality
The research on the nature of life from the perspective of information can be traced back to Schrödinger’s theory on the negative entropy of life. Many system scientists and system philosophers inherited Schrödinger’s research approach and emphasized the relationship between information science and...
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| description | The research on the nature of life from the perspective of information can be traced back to Schrödinger’s theory on the negative entropy of life. Many system scientists and system philosophers inherited Schrödinger’s research approach and emphasized the relationship between information science and the nature of life. Recently, David Krakauer, the current director of the Santa Fe Institute, and others proposed The Information Theory of Individuality, and further used information theory to define and classify formally individuals, deepening the relationship between information and the nature of life. Information individuals are divided into Organismal Individuality, Colonial Individuality, and Environmental Determined Individuality. The formal definition of information individuals is a new development in Schrödinger’s research on the nature of life, and it is also instructive for contemporary artificial life research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bcdce9322a33497d8ac46fb354bb05de2023-11-23T18:34:29ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002022-04-0181113010.3390/proceedings2022081130Developments of Research on the Nature of Life from the Information Theory of IndividualityWangjun Zhang0Dongping Fan1Institute for Science, Technology and Society, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaInstitute for Science, Technology and Society, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaThe research on the nature of life from the perspective of information can be traced back to Schrödinger’s theory on the negative entropy of life. Many system scientists and system philosophers inherited Schrödinger’s research approach and emphasized the relationship between information science and the nature of life. Recently, David Krakauer, the current director of the Santa Fe Institute, and others proposed The Information Theory of Individuality, and further used information theory to define and classify formally individuals, deepening the relationship between information and the nature of life. Information individuals are divided into Organismal Individuality, Colonial Individuality, and Environmental Determined Individuality. The formal definition of information individuals is a new development in Schrödinger’s research on the nature of life, and it is also instructive for contemporary artificial life research.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/81/1/130the information theory of individualityinformationthe nature of lifebiological individualinformational individual |
| spellingShingle | Wangjun Zhang Dongping Fan Developments of Research on the Nature of Life from the Information Theory of Individuality Proceedings the information theory of individuality information the nature of life biological individual informational individual |
| title | Developments of Research on the Nature of Life from the Information Theory of Individuality |
| title_full | Developments of Research on the Nature of Life from the Information Theory of Individuality |
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| title_short | Developments of Research on the Nature of Life from the Information Theory of Individuality |
| title_sort | developments of research on the nature of life from the information theory of individuality |
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