The Theory of Info Dynamics Rational Foundations of Information Knowledge Dynamics 1st Edition by Kofi Dompere 9783319638522 3319638521

1 A Prelude to the Theory of Infodynamics: A Reflection and Critique of Information Theory

1.1 The Framework of Reflections and Critique of the Tradition to Information Theory

1.2 The Traditions on the Concept and Phenomenon of Information

1.3 Measurements and Their Relevance in Science and Knowing

1.4 Information-Measurement Problem Defined

1.5 Uncertainty, Variety and Information

1.5.1 Uncertainty and Categories of Measures of Concepts and Phenomenon

1.5.2 Reflections on the Measurement of Information

2 Some Fundamental Epistemic Problems and Questions in General Information Theory

2.1 The Subject Matters of Info-statics and Info-dynamics

2.2 Information, Inter-categorial and Intra-categorial Conversions

2.3 Information, Category Formation and Categorial Conversion

2.4 Simple Analytics of Structures of Category, Variety, Universal Space, Characteristic-Signal Disp

3 Time Sets, Transformation Decisions and Socio-Natural Information Processes

3.1 Some Essential Definitions

3.2 A Construction and the Properties of a Pure Time Set, {mathbb{T}}

3.3 Constructions of Transformation-Decision Time, Cost Time and Benefit Time

3.3.1 Cost, Benefit and Transformation as Information Process

3.3.2 Information Relativity of Transformation-Decision Time, Cost Time and Benefit Time

3.3.2.1 Connectivity Principle, Information Relativity and Transformation Decision

3.3.2.2 Information Relativity Relation, Categorial Indicator Function and Transformation—Decision

3.3.3 Fuzzy Time Set, Fuzzy Cost, Fuzzy Benefit and Transformation-Decision Analytics

3.3.3.1 Some Essential Definitions of Concepts of Time Over the Epistemological Space

3.3.3.2 Time, Decision, Transformation and the Info-Process

4 The Theory of Info-dynamics: An Introduction to Its Conceptual Frame

4.1 Some General Reflections on Epistemic Directions

4.1.1 Differences and Similarities of Varieties in the Quantity-Time and Quality-Time Spaces

4.1.2 Differences and Similarities in Information Representation of Inter-categorial and Intra-categ

4.1.3 Info-dynamics and a Prelude to the Development of a Unified Theory of Engineering Sciences: So

4.1.3.1 Conditions of Technology of Socio-natural Transformations of Varieties

4.1.3.2 The Nature of Universal Technologies and Representations in Socio-natural Transformations of

4.1.3.3 A Note on Parent-Successor Social Technologies in Transformations of Varieties

4.2 The Theory of Info-dynamics and Categorial Conversions Under Conditions of Pure Time

4.2.1 Transformation Operators and Introduction to the Theory of Info-dynamics

4.2.2 The Structural Analytics of Characteristic-Signal Dispositions of Varieties in Complexity of F

4.2.3 The Foundational Analytics of the Cognitive Blocks for the Theory of Socio-natural Transformat

4.2.4 The Information Space and Info-algebras in Socio-natural Transformations

5 Info-dynamics: An Algebraic Introduction

5.1 The Concepts and Structures of Information Process and Processor Under Socio-natural Technologic

5.2 The Concepts of Identification Transformation-Transitional Variety Matrix with Primary and Deriv

5.2.1 Transformation-Transitional Matrix Analytics of Varieties

5.2.1.1 The Transformation-Transitional Matrix, Categorial Conversion and Necessity

5.2.1.2 The Transformation-Transitional Matrix and Decision Under Philosophical Consciencism

5.3 Information Production and the Principle of Opposites

5.3.1 The General Principle of Opposites and Internal Self-dynamics of Varieties

5.3.2 Some Essential Postulates of Information, Time and Events in Ontological Space

5.3.2.1 Laws and Postulates of Info-dynamics

5.3.3 Comments and Reflections on the Laws and Postulates

5.3.4 Stocks, Flows and Information Disequilibria

5.3.4.1 Transformations, Stocks, Flows and Information Disequilibria

5.3.4.2 On the Theory of Info-dynamics, Categorial Conversion and Philosophical Consciencism

6 Info-dynamics and Some Knowledge Areas

6.1 Info-dynamic Reflections on Thermodynamics

6.2 Info-dynamic Reflections on Electrodynamics

6.3 Info-dynamic Reflections on Energetics

6.4 Info-dynamic Reflections on Electromagnetism

6.5 A Simple Info-dynamic Reflection on the Einsteinian Fundamental Equation in Physics: An Example

6.6 Information Stoc-Flow Conditions and Languages

6.6.1 Information and the Family of Ordinary Languages (FOL)

6.6.2 Information and the Family of Abstract Languages

Epilogue and Conclusions

A Reflection on the Ontological and Epistemological Information Structures

The Principle of Opposites in Transformations

The Relational Structure Between the Polarity and Duality

The Cost-Benefit Conditions of Variety Transformations and the Info-dynamic Process

The Principle of Opposites and the Fuzzy Paradigm of Thought

Fuzzy Numbers and Fuzzy Characteristic Membership Functions

Multidisciplinary References

R1. Category Theory in Mathematics, Logic and Sciences

R2. Concepts of Information, Fuzzy Probability, Fuzzy Random Variable and Random Fuzzy Variable

R3. Exact Science, Inexact Sciences and Information

R4. Fuzzy Logic, Information and Knowledge-Production

R5. Fuzzy Mathematics and Paradigm of Approximate Reasoning Under Conditions of Inexactness and Vagu

R6. Fuzzy Optimization, Information and Decision-Choice Sciences

R7. Ideology, Disinformation, Misinformation and Propaganda

R8. Information, Thought and Knowledge

R9. Languages and Information

R10. Language, Knowledge-Production Process and Epistemics

R11. Possible-Actual Worlds and Information Analytics

R12. Philosophy of Information and Semantic Information

R13. Planning, Prescriptive Science and Information in Cost-Benefit Analysis Analytics

R14. Possible-Actual Worlds and Information Analytics

R15. Rationality, Information, Games, Conflicts and Exact Reasoning

R16. Social Sciences, Mathematics and the Problems of Exact and Inexact Information

R17. Transformations, Decisions, Polarity, Duality and Conflict

R18. Vagueness, Approximation and Reasoning in the Information-Knowledge Process

R19. Vagueness, Disinformation, Misinformation and Fuzzy Game Theory in Socio-Natural Transformation

R20. Weapon Foundations for Information System

R21. Weapon Foundations and Fuzzy Entropy

R22. Written and Audio Languages and Information