Comment on “Thinking about Semantic Information”
Comment on “Thinking about Semantic Information”
Author(s): Daniel C. DennettSubject(s): Philosophy of Mind
Published by: Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych
Keywords: semantic information; information theory; encoding; satisfaction conditions; information measures; From Bacteria to Bach and Back;
Summary/Abstract: Marcin Milkowski provides an insightful overview of work on information theories over the years, from Gabor and Shannon to Wolpert and Kolchinski. He accurately summarizes my work, distilling four claims that I made in BBB, and argues that my arguments in favor of the last two of these are invalid. 3. The amount of semantic information carried or contained in any delimited episode or item is also not usefully measurable in units but roughly comparable in local circumstances. 4. Semantic information need not be encoded to be transmitted or saved (Dennett, 2017, p. 128). […]
Journal: AVANT. Pismo Awangardy Filozoficzno-Naukowej
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 1-4
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English