Figs in Winter
1 min readMay 6, 2020

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Hermes, I’m familiar with Shannon-type information. But the issue is far from settled. It’s only one of a number of accounts of information, and it has it’s probems: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/information/

Also, this does not solve the problem the Stoics were addressing, because just invoking “information” does not distinguish between, say, concepts (human-mind dependent) and rocks (not human-mind dependent). If you are saying that they are the same, then you are conflating two different things under the same rubric, which is not helpful.

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Figs in Winter
Figs in Winter

Written by Figs in Winter

by Massimo Pigliucci, a scientist, philosopher, and Professor at the City College of New York. Exploring and practicing Stoicism & other philosophies of life.

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