?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+World+as+Evolving+Information&rft.creator=Gershenson%2C+Carlos&rft.subject=Complexity+Theory&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=This+philosophical+paper+discusses+the+benefits+of+describing+the+world+as+information%2C+especially+in+the+study+of+the+evolution+of+life+and+cognition.+Traditional+studies+encounter+difficulties+because+it+is+difficult+to+describe+life+and+cognition+in+terms+of+matter+and+energy%2C+falling+into+a+dualist+trap.+However%2C+if+matter+and+energy%2C+as+well+as+life+and+cognition%2C+are+described+in+terms+of+information%2C+evolution+can+be+described+consistently+as+information+becoming+more+complex.+Moreover%2C+information+theory+is+already+well+established+and+formalized.%0A%0AThe+paper+presents+five+tentative+laws+of+information%2C+which+are+generalizations+of+Darwinian%2C+cybernetic%2C+thermodynamic%2C+and+complexity+principles.+These+are+further+used+to+discuss+the+notions+of+life+and+cognition%2C+including+their+origins+and+evolution.&rft.date=2007-04&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5486%2F2%2FWorldAsInfo.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gershenson%2C+Carlos++(2007)+The+World+as+Evolving+Information.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5486%2F