REFLECTIONS ON THE NATURE AND ESSENCE OF INFORMATION

Abstract

The article attempted to define the concept of “information,” based not on the observed properties of information, but on physical ideas about the nature of information processes. We considered questions about why information is needed, how new information arises, where and how it is stored, how information is exchanged between complex systems, and what knowledge is from an information point of view. The mechanisms for the emergence of knowledge in humans and the role of the subconscious in this process are discussed.