1st Edition
Information in a Physical World How the Meaningless Becomes the Meaningful?
By Liqian Zhou
Copyright 2026
152 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
152 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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To construct a comprehensive theory of information, meaning and intentionality, the book develops a naturalistic perspective based on Peircean biosemiotics. It re-examines key issues such as referential information, the metaphysics of form, misrepresentation, reference and sense, offering new explanations and insights.
It analyzes the notion of information conceptually, showing that it is not a... Read more
1 Grounding meaning in information 2 A conceptual analysis of information 3 Information is physical (negatively) 4 Interpretation 5 Reference 6 Convention
Biography
Liqian Zhou is an associate professor of philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research interests include philosophy of information, philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind and cognition, and biosemiotics.
