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Single Idea 2547

[catalogued under 19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics]

Full Idea

There is information in a system if there are symbols in it that refer to things and that together form strings that can be true or false.

Gist of Idea

There is information if there are symbols which refer, and which can combine into a truth or falsehood

Source

Colin McGinn (The Mysterious Flame [1999], p.225)

Book Reference

McGinn,Colin: 'The Mysterious Flame' [Basic Books 1999], p.225


A Reaction

We can also directly apprehend information by perception. Are facts identical with correct information? Can a universal generalisation be information?