Information, evolution, and change |
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| Authors: | Bela Antal Banathy |
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| Institution: | (1) Saybrook Institute, International Systems Institute, 38 Seca Place, 93908 Salinas, California, USA |
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| Abstract: | The basic premise of this paper is that the ethicality of systems can be improved by placing them on a more solid informational
foundation. Information, evolution, and change are seen to be integrally related. An information typology of nonreferential,
referential, and state-referential information is proposed to handle the ontological, epistemological, and teleological aspects
of systems. These information types have a particular entailment relationship to each other. The typology and entailment ordering
are seen as having important consequences for the design of social systems. |
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| Keywords: | social system design evolution referential nonreferential state-referential information ethical systems |
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