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Single Idea 14947

[catalogued under 7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes]

Full Idea

Reference to transfer of some (in principle) quantitatively measurable information is a highly general way of describing any process.

Gist of Idea

Any process can be described as transfer of measurable information

Source

J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 4.3)

Book Reference

Ladyman,J/Ross,D: 'Every Thing Must Go' [OUP 2007], p.210


A Reaction

That does not, of course, mean that that is what a process is. A waterfall is an archetypal process, but it is a bit more than a bunch of information. Actually its complexity may place its information beyond measurement.