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Process, Information Theory and the Creation of Systems

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Evolution of Information Processing Systems

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This paper can be but a fragment or an introduction. I set forth the view that information has two essentially different aspects, and I try to analyse the consequences. I think information involves, on the one hand, the knowledge and the possession of some records, and on the other hand, a process and an action that brings forward the former, that is, a physical agent that makes it possible to have knowledge about something.

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  1. Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik, Universität Bremen, 2800, Bremen 33, Federal Republic of Germany

    Klaus Haefner

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Kampis, G. (1992). Process, Information Theory and the Creation of Systems. In: Haefner, K. (eds) Evolution of Information Processing Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77211-5_5

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