重勘信息的哲学含义

The Philosophical Implications of Information:A Re-examination

信息不能以任何方式归结为物质。它既不是物质内在既成的东西,也不是纯粹的自然现象,更不是可以离开主体而独立存在的纯客观现象或无处不在的普遍现象。哲学含义上的信息是一种非物质的存在,是主体对对象的感知、辨识和建构,也是生命控制系统尤其是神经系统的一种机能;信息与"意义"关联,是一种属人的认识现象,不存在所谓的"本体论信息",而只存在认识论意义上的信息。信息的哲学含义应与信息的日常用法具有连续性,不能简单地移植具体科学关于信息的定义。

Information cannot be reduced to matter through any means.It is not a substance inherent in matter or a purely natural phenomenon;still less is it a purely objective phenomenon existing independently of a subject or an omnipresent universal phenomenon.Information in the philosophical sense is a kind of non-material existence.It is the subject's perception,discrimination and construction of objects and a function of the life control system,especially the nervous system.Being connected with 'meaning,' it is a cognitive phenomenon that is an attribute of man.There is thus no 'ontological information,' but only epistemological information.The philosophical implications of information should be continuous with the usage of information in daily life;one cannot simply transplant the definition of information from a specific science.