Journal
STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Volume 73, Issue -, Pages 34-43Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2018.06.003
Keywords
Information; Communication; Causation; Manipulation
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- John Templeton Foundation [57919]
- Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi) [RFP3-1337]
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Research [PIP-00303]
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In this paper, we shall describe a new account of information in communicational contexts, namely, a causal-deflationary one. Our approach draws from Timpson's deflationary view and supplies the field of philosophy of information with new tools that will help to clarify the underlying structure of communication: information is an abstract entity that must be involved in a causal link in order to achieve communication. In light of our account, communication is not merely the existence of statistical correlations between source and receiver, as usually understood from a purely formal view. Instead, communication is an asymmetric phenomenon involving causal notions: the destination system must be able to be causally manipulated by intervening on the source for successful communication. In a nutshell, we shall support the following lemma: no communication without manipulation. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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