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From Information to Autonomy Analogies between Biology and the Language Sciences

From Information to Autonomy Analogies between Biology and the Language Sciences According to the dominant paradigm in both biology and the language sciences, information is an entity which can be contained in genes or words transferred to a receptor, this information is supposedly the key to phenomena such as the ontogenesis of living organisms or the meaning of language. Argues that this paradigm suffers from unsurmountable weaknesses and, moreover, that possible alternatives exist maybe the time has come to abandon the information cult. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Kybernetes Emerald Publishing

From Information to Autonomy Analogies between Biology and the Language Sciences

Stewart, John; Andreewsky, Evelyne
Kybernetes , Volume 21 (5): 18 – May 1, 1992
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Emerald Publishing
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Abstract

According to the dominant paradigm in both biology and the language sciences, information is an entity which can be contained in genes or words transferred to a receptor, this information is supposedly the key to phenomena such as the ontogenesis of living organisms or the meaning of language. Argues that this paradigm suffers from unsurmountable weaknesses and, moreover, that possible alternatives exist maybe the time has come to abandon the information cult.

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Published: May 1, 1992

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