%0 Journal Article
%@ 03032647
%A Fleissner, P.
%A Hofkirchner, W.
%D 1996
%F iiasa:13589
%J Biosystems
%K Emergentist philosophy; Evolutionary systems; Theory of information; Semiosis
%N 2-3
%P 243-248
%R 10.1016/0303-2647(95)01597-3
%T Emergent information. Towards a unified information theory
%U https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/13589/
%V 38
%X This paper proposes the restoration of information theory by means of a philosophy of evolutionary systems. What this philosophy implies for the conception of information may be called a multi-stage model, comprising both the history and the ordering of information processing by real-world systems. Such a unifying information concept may assist suitable research in the coming field of information science