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  • Information : description, cognition, invention
    Ione, Amy
    Juxtaposing the work of Baars, Chalmers, Scott, Varela, and others with a detailed analysis of historical case studies, this paper uses a multilevel and multilateral model to explore how information, ... consciousness and culture interpenetrate. This model formally demonstrates that what we mean by information exchange must be a key component of consciousness studies of we are going to adequately acknowledge that how we build informational bridges connecting personal, cultural, and integrational perceptions cannot be separated from our living as individuals and cultures in time and space. Particular attention is given to illustrating that while information itself may be personal or impersonal, our conclusions about the processing of information must address consciousness, experience, exchange, and feedback multidimensionally. I conclude that the key phenomenological concern we must probe when combining consciousness and information studies is what communication is, what information exchange implies, and why theoretical analyses must address the significant difference between information that is primarily descriptive and information that actually enlarges the scope of our communication process and includes some measure of cognitive development.
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 1997
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 13381927