Data and context

Dickins, Thomas E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5788-0948 (2021) Data and context. Biosemiotics . ISSN 1875-1342 [Article] (Published online first) (doi:10.1007/s12304-021-09454-8)

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Abstract

Deacon presents a fascinating model that adds to explanations of the origins of life from physical matter. Deacon’s paper owes much to the work of Howard Pattee, who saw semiotic relations in informational terms, and Deacon binds his model to criticism of current information concepts in biology which he sees as semantically inadequate. In this commentary I first outline the broader project from Pattee, and then I present a cybernetic perspective on information. My claim is that this view of information is already present within biology and provides what Deacon seeks.

Item Type: Article
Research Areas: A. > School of Science and Technology > Psychology > Behavioural Biology group
Item ID: 33897
Notes on copyright: This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use (https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/accepted-manuscript-terms), but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12304-021-09454-8
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Depositing User: Tom Dickins
Date Deposited: 28 Sep 2021 11:45
Last Modified: 29 Nov 2022 17:42
URI: https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/33897

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