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Full Idea
It is the causal connection between the state of the world and the contents of beliefs that the reduction of meaning to information is designed to insure.
Gist of Idea
If meaning is information, that establishes the causal link between the state of the world and our beliefs
Source
Jerry A. Fodor (The Elm and the Expert [1993], §4)
Book Ref
Fodor,Jerry A.: 'The Elm and the Expert' [MIT 1995], p.96
A Reaction
I'm not clear why characterising the contents of a belief in terms of its information has to amount to a 'reduction'. A cup of tea isn't reduced to tea. Connections imply duality.