Elements of a Semantic Code

Küppers, Bernd‐Olaf

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-34997-3_4

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“…Interestingly, there is communication only if signal-mediated interactions result in coordination of actions[89]. The semantic layer of information endows the enactive layer with a fine-grained medium to convey meanings in communication, and vice versa[11]. This inherent connection is consistent with previous approaches we have seen, namely the idea that agents rely on environmental information to perform.But what exactly is the practical role of environmental information in the coordination of actions?…”

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“…cf. [11,12]). We suggest that the relationship between our minds, environment and actions involves similar issues:…”

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“…So physical information tends to remain, while semantic information depends on ongoing actions and memories afforded by the building. Finally, the enacted layer of information includes the effects that places and their meanings have on agents, bringing possibilities of action [11]. Actions include speech, bodily gestures and the production of signs and objects that carry meaning, and are therefore understandable by other agents, triggering interactions [16,17].…”

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Cities, from Information to Interaction

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Brigatti²,

Meirelles³

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From physics to the social sciences, information is now seen as a fundamental component of reality. However, a form of information seems still underestimated, perhaps precisely because it is so pervasive that we take it for granted: the information encoded in the very environment we live in. We still do not fully understand how information takes the form of cities, and how our minds deal with it in order to learn about the world, make daily decisions, and take part in the complex system of interactions we create as we live together. This paper addresses three related problems that need to be solved if we are to understand the role of environmental information: (1) the physical problem: how can we preserve information in the built environment? (2) The semantic problem: how do we make environmental information meaningful? And (3) the pragmatic problem: how do we enact environmental information in our daily lives? Attempting to devise a solution to these problems, we introduce a three-layered model of information in cities, namely environmental information in physical space, environmental information in semantic space, and the information enacted by interacting agents. We propose forms of calculating entropy in these different layers, and apply these measures to archetypal urban cases and simulated scenarios. Our results suggest that ordered spatial structures and diverse land use patterns encode information, and that aspects of physical and semantic information affect coordination in interaction systems.

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“…cf. [11,12]). We suggest that the relationship between our minds, environment and actions involves similar issues:…”

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“…Results differ dramatically but developments themselves show similarities. Another example that includes information processing in evolution is provided by physicist and philosopher Küppers [10], who sees parallels between the "language of genes" and natural languages. Küppers states that "in view of the broad-ranging parallels between the structures of human language and the language of genes, recent years have seen even the linguistic theory of Chomsky move into the center of molecular-genetic research.…”

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“…With regard to meaning we refer to Küppers [10] who states that "meaningful information in an absolute sense does not exist. Information acquires its meaning only in reference to a recipient.…”

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On Semantic Information in Nature

Johannsen¹

2015

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Abstract:The connection between semantic information and evolution has gained growing attention recently. Evolution in this contribution-as in others before-we consider as being driven by information. Semantic information, as we consider it, is based on energy. It follows syntactic and semantic rules. We assume syntax, semantics and pragmatics to be structural features of information in biological evolution. These features started to evolve with the very beginning of life and have become more complex and richer in the course of the unfolding biological evolution across all species. We argue that semantic information is an exclusive feature of biological evolution. We present an information model covering this which to a certain degree-it does not cover quantitative aspects-complements Shannon's information theory and opens novel views on informational based processes in nature.

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The Nucleation of Semantic Information in Prebiotic Matter

Küppers

2015

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

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The analysis of the inherent context-dependence of genetic information suggests that there are evolutionary mechanisms which are independent of the processes of environmental adaptation and yet are able to push prebiotic matter towards functional complexity. In this regard, the extension of information space, by random prolongation of the primary structure of biological macromolecules, must have played a decisive role in the origin of life. On the one hand, the extension of information space is tantamount to an increase in the syntactic complexity of potential information carriers, which in turn is a prerequisite for the nucleation and evolution of semantic information. On the other hand, the increase in the dimensionality of information space expands the number of possible pathways of evolutionary optimisation and thereby improves the possible choices that can be made by progressive evolution. Alongside the optimisation of evolutionary optimisation itself, there are principles of evolutionary dynamics that direct the formation of functional order in prebiotic matter. Since these principles are constitutive for the proto-semantics of genetic information, they may be regarded as the elements of the semantic code of evolution.

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Elements of a Semantic Code

Cited by 19 publications

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Cities, from Information to Interaction

Cities, from Information to Interaction

On Semantic Information in Nature

The Nucleation of Semantic Information in Prebiotic Matter

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