The Essence, Classification and Quality of the Different Grades of Information

• Published in: Information (Basel) Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 403 - 419
• Main Author: Wu, Kun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2012
• Subjects: direct; essence; existence; field; form; grade; indirect; information; level; quality

I define information from a philosophical perspective as a category that indicates the presence of indirect existence, which is a self-display by material entities (with direct existence) of the status and trajectory of that existence. In this paper, based in part on articles published only in Chine...