Information, Meaning and Eigenforms: In the Light of Sociology, Agent-Based Modeling and AI

The paper considers the relation of Shannon-type information to those semantic and hermeneutic aspects of communication, which are often referred to as meaning. It builds on considerations of Talcott Parsons, Niklas Luhmann and Robert K. Logan and relates them to an agent-based model that reproduces...

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Main Author: Manfred Füllsack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-08-01
Series:Information
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/3/3/331