Abstract: We present a logical tool that can well be used to contribute to a rational understanding of the functioning of theoretical genetics. The tool itself is a numerical Table, comparable to some tables of Triangulation or of other function values. It has been produced based on natural numbers in the range of 1 to 136. It can be easily constructed on the Reader's own PC.

Abstract: We consider the current state and current problems of development of Social Informatics in Russia as an important direction in science and education, studying information processes and systems in a modern society in terms of globalization and informatization of the complex. Russian scientists set out the approach to the study of Social Informatics in the education system at the time of his substantial upgradin in terms of becoming an information society.

Abstract: Actual philosophical and scientifically-methodological problems of modern Informatics as fundamental science and a complex scientific direction are considered. Communication of these problems with prospects of development of Informatics and fundamental science as a whole is shown.

Abstract: In order to establish and improve theoretical informatics, this paper discusses the goal and special methods of the researches on theoretical informatics. These methods include driving intellectual innovation with method innovation; unifying tool informatics and field informatics; combining multi subjects in realism breadth wise and history lengthways; combining multi levels in application, theory and philosophy; and listing some programs that are pending further discussion.

Abstract: In this paper, the author discusses the proposal of the social information science, the issues of social information, the theoretical orientation of the social information science, the research focus of the social information science, and the the operating mechanism of the Social Information Science Institute (SISI) at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST). A system and framework of social information science was advanced in the paper. Generally speaking, if the social information science is to be viewed as a relatively independent subject, there should be four levels of researches. They are the philosophical level, the scientific theoretical level, the level of concrete subjects, and the level of social information technology.

Abstract: In this paper, the authors introduce separately the "Reduction" methodology, which is mainly applied in the traditional Material Science, and the "Emergence" methodology, which is mainly applied in the Information Science. With analyzing the application scope of "Reductionism" and its restriction, we discuss how "Emergencism" is apt to improving the development of information science, and suggest a conversion from reductionism based on paradigm of material science into emergencism based on paradigm of information science.

Abstract: 80 years of the 20th century, a wave to problems of information go on philosophy discuss surged on the Chinese academics circles, emerged a large number of discuss, papers and several monographs of the issue associated with the philosophy of Information. The text "Outline of philosophy Information Theory "(1985) by Mr. Wu Kun published and publication of the book "Introduction of Philosophy Information Theory "(1987) has become a symbol that the philosophy of information formal established in China. Mr. Wu Kun stress in particular that as the philosophy of information set out of a whole new existence area split mode, that from fundamentally changed the specific way of expression of philosophical problems of basic, so, philosophy of Information is a kind of metaphilosophy Or a maximum of philosophy. Philosophy of Information achieved the first fundamental turn of human philosophy, and thus leads to omnibearing fundamental changes of human philosophy.

Abstract: Information culture can be defined as a kind of cultural morphology in the information era which is formed through the entire revolution of human living style that is caused by social informationization process. It's based on the application of modern information technology, uses information industry and knowledge industry as its backbone, and takes the production, distribution, transmission, communication and using of information and knowledge as the contents of human activities. The definition of information culture in its broad sense is the culture in information society and information era; while in a narrow sense, it refers to the general name of new type of cultural morphology which is formed around these new technologies as modern computer technology, telecommunication technology and network technology. Though there are differences between broad-sense information culture and narrow-sense information culture, they still contain internal relation.

Abstract: Professor Wu Kun, from Xi'an Jiaotong University of China, has been studied in philosophy of information for 30 years. He thinks information conception is one of the most fundamental areas in philosophy, and founded the information philosophy. He has done a lot of pioneering and original research in information ontology, epistemology, social information theory, information production theory, information evolution theory, the value of information and information thinking directions. And therefore he is the first person to set up a complete view of theories, systems and methods about information philosophy.

Abstract: This paper analyzes the concept of virtual community, a brief analysis of the dissipative structure theory and its four characteristics, the analysis of virtual community shows that it has the characteristics of the dissipative structure: virtual community is a dynamic and open network social system, is a non- balanced system, the nonlinear mechanism of virtual communities and the effect of the fluctuations in the nonlinear effect. Finally, the author proposes to use the endogeneity and external stipulation to achieve orderliness of the virtual community.

Abstract: The basical spirit of Pythagoreanism is the pursuit of the mathematical harmoniousness of the universe, and it can guide scientists to characterize the internal mystery of the physical world in terms of mathematical language and mathematical formula successfully and it fit to the current computationalism. On the other hand,re-understanding natural views of teleology by means of the modes of system science can interprete the biological universe,the artifical life and the universe of self organization reasonally.We insist that the integration of the pythagoreanism and the natural views of teleology will constitute the central idea of the philosophy of computer science.

Abstract: The author considered that "To the newly developed informatics" prompted by Wolfgang Hofkirchner include three tasks: developing the theoretical informatics, perfecting the framework of informatics, and implement the worldview and the methodology of informatics. And the exceeding of the traditional information theories is the priority. So, in this paper, we discussed how to exceed the traditional information theories from six aspects: improving Shannon's communication theory, perfecting Wiener's Concept of "Information", supplementing Turing's "Computing Model", generalizing human "intelligence", analyzing the theory of triple factors (substance, energy and information) of the cosmic constitution, and decoding the Mind-body problem of Descartes.

Abstract: The notion of Information is one of the most essential that guides situations to flow in certain ways. Situations such as those of natural disasters, "the Haiti earthquake 2010"; the financial crisis, that of "Greece Crisis 2010"; or the environmental disasters, such as that of "oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico 2010", are just a few instances of constant growing empirical dilemmas in our global society, where information plays a central role. The meaning of what information is has clear implications on how we deal with it in our practical lives, which in turn may give rise to situations that we would prefer to be without. This way, the notion of information has evidently presented the need to question what it really means and how does it dominate the functioning of our global society. Thus, two questions emerge in this paper: what definitions of the notion of information are presented in the literature?; and, what are the differences between these definitions? To answer these questions, we have conducted a comprehensive literature survey of more than two hundred gathered publications. Detailed analyses of the content of these publications identified four forms of information notion definitions. The results show that these four forms present diverse and opposing views of the notion of information, labelled as the "quartet approach". These addressed different foci, contexts and challenges. In addition, we present an alternative, yet a novel understanding of the notion of information, associated with how information functions in our societies. This understanding is presented with a new perspective, intended to address significant needs of the information society.

Abstract: The paper considers necessary conditions for establishing information science as a scientific autonomous discipline. The lack of commonly accepted definition of information is not as threatening as it may seem, as each study within the discipline may choose own definition, as well as own philosophical framework, when there are some alternatives to choose between. More important is development of common methodology of inquiry and some range of standard questions regarding the concept of information. Also, it is important to develop some standards of inquiry which would make information scientific studies accessible to philosophical analysis and reflection. In turn, contributions of information science to resolution of problems identified within philosophy will give a best measure of the maturity of information science as a discipline.

Abstract: With the application of computer technology and network technology, domain informatics have generated. Almost every combination of a basic subject and informatics can generate a new field of domain informatics by cross-study. However, the development of each discipline is in a different situation and a special degree. In this paper, the authors introduce chemical informatics, bioinformatics, medical informatics, and linguistics: their definitions, researches, and development trends.

Abstract: The life information evolution is a theory which runs parallel with the Darwin's theory of biological material evolution, including chemical evolution, biological evolution, and information evolution in the human evolution. The Darwinism is the theory basically about the living matter evolution. We believe that the life essence is not only the material, but also the information. The theory of life information evolution is a promoted version of the theory of biology evolution in the information age. The goal of this paper is to suggest that the theory of biological evolution should be related to the entire universal life information evolution mechanism, which is helpful for us to reveal the rule of life information evolution.

Abstract: This paper conducts the researches on the three laws of informatics proposed by Zong-Rong LI using the method of analogy with thermodynamics. The three laws of theoretical informatics are: the information being nonconservation; information energy increasing with time; information increasing with no upper limit. These three laws are keys of the information ontology research. They show up the character and relationship of information, entropy, negentropy, and information energy.

Abstract: The Verb-driven Chinese natural language understanding system realizes logic-driven semantic analysis. There are two types of Chinese sentences –把(ba)- sentence and 被(bei)- sentence. In this paper we use λ-transformation to analyze them. Yan Jiang and Haihua Pan put out formal semantics theory based on the concepts of type and category [3]. We program to realize semantic level analysis and expression, try to realize the idea to algorithm, and formalize natural language to logical expressions. According category theory to analyze semantics and transform the concept of category to the "field" in corpus. Finally we program to control the flow of analysis process and realize the logic-driven semantic analysis system.

Abstract: At present, information technology is developing very rapidly. Numerous traditional disciplines have to be informationized and domain informatics derived from it. It calls for the emergence of theoretical informatics because of the need of domain informatics, National Informatization and the transformation of industrial society to an information society. However, present information theory has limitation, for example, the Shannon communication theory only applies to communications. In this paper, we use the system engineering theory. Firstly we study the background of the theoretical informatics. Secondly we analyze the status of it and the limitation of present information theory. And then we discuss the hotspots of the theoretical informatics both at home and abroad. At last, we point out that the development of it should break out the shackles of theoretical paradigms.

Abstract: Reconciling Justus Buchler's theory of natural complexes with the Peircean triadic categorial schema, a theory of semiotic radiance is articulated that elaborates the nature of identity with regard to informatic control over objects in a museum collection. The model is deployed in the context of Edwina Taborsky's description of the historical transformation of the cultural syntax of museums. It is argued that the pattern of transformation is not random, but rather follows a specific and recognizable pattern. This pattern is consistent with a general trend in culture, identified by Heidegger, that becomes particularly problematic in its later stages. A theory of the commons derived from Hardt and Negri is articulated that looks to regenerate the space of the museum with regard to its informatic structures in order to renegotiate humanism in terms of a liberation ethic. The rubric of fundamental informatics is borrowed from Toru Nishigaki to describe the inquiry that pursues that end.

Abstract: Abstract The recent history of information theory and science shows a trend in emphasis from quantitative measures to qualitative characterizations. In parallel, aspects of information are being developed, for example by Pedro Marijuan, Wolfgang Hofkirchner and others that are extending the notion of qualitative, non-computational information in the biological and cognitive domain and include meaning and function. However, there is as yet no consensus on whether a single accepted definition or theory of the concept of information is possible, leading to many attempts to view it as a complex, a notion with varied meanings or a group of different entities. In my opinion, the difficulties in developing a unified theory of information (UTI) that would include its qualitative and quantitative aspects and their relation to meaning are a consequence of implicit or explicit reliance on the principles of standard, truth-functional bivalent or multivalent logics. In reality, information processes like those of time, change and human consciousness are contradictory: they are regular and irregular; consistent and inconsistent; continuous and discontinuous. Since the indicated logics cannot accept real contradictions, they have been incapable of describing the multiple but interrelated characteristics of information. The framework for the discussion of information in this paper will be the new extension of logic to real complex processes that I have made, Logic in Reality (LIR)[1], which is grounded in the dualities and self-dualities of quantum physics and cosmology. LIR provides, among other things, new interpretations of the most fundamental metaphysical questions present in all discussions of information at physical, biological and cognitive levels of reality including, especially, those of time, continuity vs. discontinuity, and change, both physical and epistemological. I show that it can constitute a novel and general approach to the non-binary properties of information, including meaning and value. These properties subsume the notion of semantic information as well-formed, meaningful and truthful data as proposed most recently by Luciano Floridi. LIR supports the concept of 'biotic' information of Stuart Kauffmann, Robert Logan and their colleagues and that of meaningful information developed by Christophe Menant. Logic in Reality does not pretend to the level of rigor of an experimental or mathematical theory. It is proposed as a methodology to assist in achieving a minimum scientific legitimacy for a qualitative theory of information. My hope is that by seeing information, meaning and knowledge as dynamic processes, evolving according to logical rules in my extended sense of logic, some of the on-going issues on the nature and function of information may be clarified. [1] Brenner, J. E. 2008. Logic in Reality. Dordrecht: Springer.

Abstract: There are four ways of thinking: reductionism, projectivism, disjunctivism, integrativism. The gap between the "hard" science perspective and the "soft" science perspective on information reflect these ways of thinking. The paper discusses how this gap might be bridged by applying the fourth way of thinking.

Abstract: There are many different mathematical definitions of information that have their various uses, but I will be concerned with notions of information used in applications in various branches of science that are distinguished by their topic, i.e., what they apply to. I describe the major uses information, and show their relations to each other. I will argue that the various uses form a nested hierarchy, in which each is a restriction on the previous, inheriting the properties of its predecessor, but adding in new features that make it a special case. The lowest level is physical information determined by distinctions and the highest is explicit representation in linguistic social communication. Is there anything common to information at all these levels? I will argue that there is, and that information in each case is what Donald MacKay (1969) called a distinction that makes a difference. What distinguishes the use of information at each level is what distinctions make a causal difference at that level. At each successive level distinctions that make a difference at a previous level make no difference at that level. In order to create this sort of filter new levels have to be formed by cohesion peculiar to the identifying characteristics at that level. A consequence of this view is that information must have causal powers, and that there is a tight connection between information and causation.

Abstract: The perspective from which information processing is pervasive in the universe has proven to be an increasingly productive one. Phenomena from the quantum level to social networks have commonalities that can be usefully explicated using principles of informatics. We argue that the notion of scale is particularly salient here. An appreciation of what is invariant and what is emergent across scales, and of the variety of different types of scales, establishes a useful foundation for the transdiscipline of informatics. We survey the notion of scale and use it to sort out characteristic features of information statics (data), kinematics (communication), and dynamics (processing). We then explore the analogy to the principles of plenitude and continuity that feature in Western thought, under the name of the "great chain of being", from Plato through Leibniz and beyond, and show that the pancomputational turn is a modern counterpart of this ruling idea. We conclude by arguing that this broader perspective can enhance informatics pedagogy.

Abstract: A trans-disciplinary frame is proposed, aimed at addressing the very understanding of information in all its variety. It aims at unifying perspectives and integrating techniques from different fields of knowledge and practice, searching for the most overarching account of information phenomena, a better formalization of real processes and a global stance towards problems concerning information. Such research frame might try to answer: Which are the basic distinct accounts of information to be applied in fields from telecommunication to philosophy, from biology to documentation, from logic to quantum physics? Which are the minimum primitive concepts that may cover all of them? Is a unified theory feasible? Could a better information measure be found? Could the societal and practical interest be better preserved in an integrated perspective of information? The methodological proposal aims at opening a space for the interweaving of different scientific frameworks (characterized by specific paradigms and methodologies) to delve into the very landscape of information, searching for a transdisciplinary treatment of theoretical, technical and practical problems concerning information. It is based on an already active interdisciplinary International community and a critical mass of research groups at the global level. By means of bridging these communities, a new transdisciplinary science of information might emerge as an integrated framework in which information will be considered in all its formal, natural, cognitive, social, technical, ethical and philosophical aspects.

Abstract: The objective of the present paper is to contextualize the impact of the expansion of digital culture in the on-going discussions about the relations between sustainability and information technology. In order to relate the development of a global digital communication web, its effects on cultural processes and the issues of ecosystem and human sustainability that humanity is facing, I will relate and elaborate on three aspects: 1) A Batesonean perspective on sustainability 2) The recent evolution of the technosphere, and 3) Yuri Lotman's notion of Semiosphere and his semiotic theory of culture. This path will lead me to delineate some of the eco-ethical dimensions implied in the development of pervasive digital-interactive-immersive-representational technologies.