Nature can be seen as informational structure with computational dynamics (info-computationalism), where an (info-computational) agent is needed for the potential information of the world to actualize. Starting from the definition of information as the difference in one physical system that makes a difference in another physical system, which combines Bateson and Hewitt definitions, the argument is advanced for natural computation as a computational model of the dynamics of the physical world where information processing is constantly going on, on a variety of levels of organization. This setting helps elucidating the relationships between computation, information, agency and cognition, within the common conceptual framework, which has special relevance for biology and robotics.
翻译:自然可以被视为具有计算动态(信息-计算学)的信息结构,在这个结构中,世界的潜在信息需要一种(信息-计算学)代理物才能实现。从信息的定义作为对另一个物理系统有不同影响的物理系统中的差异开始,该物理系统结合了Bateson和Hewitt的定义。 自然计算作为信息处理不断进行的实际世界动态的计算模型,在不同层次的组织中提出论点。这一设置有助于阐明计算、信息、代理和认知之间的关系,在对生物学和机器人具有特别相关性的共同概念框架内。