EventsThe 4th International Conference on the Foundations of Information Science
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This submission belongs to the session fis. FIS 2010 of the event The 4th International Conference on the Foundations of Information Science
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30 Jul, 2010
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Mario Pérez-Montoro Gutiérrez, José María Díaz Nafría, Is information a sufficient basis for cognition? (Part 1), in Proceedings of The 4th International Conference on the Foundations of Information Science, Beijing, 21 August–24 August 2010, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, doi: 10.3390/fis2010-00365
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Is information a sufficient basis for cognition? (Part 1)

Mario Pérez-Montoro Gutiérrez 1
1. Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
2. Universidad de León, Spain
3. Science of Information Institute, USA
Abstract
Based upon the natural limits of observation, we tackle a critical review of Dretske's approach to information, knowledge and perception. The physics of the manifestation of an arbitrary object –tackled in Part 2 as a separate article– sets forth an informational boundary stating that information cannot be enough to support our cognitive processes. The problems do not rely –as Dretske supposes- on the lacks of the channel, but on the very nature of observation. Furthermore, Dretske's approach –handcuffed to his maximalist support on information- presents some lacks concerning processual character of information, fuzziness of perception and knowledge, contents de dicto and conventional regularities. The posed limits and problems intend to settle new foundations for a more refined conjunction of information and knowledge.
Keywords
Physics of observation
Waves
Inverse problem
Theory of perception
Biophysics
Dretske
Epistemology
Communication
Cognition
Signal
Information content
Information Flow
Is information a sufficient basis for cognition? (Part 2)
Challenges for Those Constructing a Science of Information as an Evolving Unique Discipline