https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2016-60365-0
Regular Article
Matter and information as attributes of substance
1 Faculty Studium Generale, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany
2 Clare Hall, Cambridge, UK
3 Institute for Design Science e.V., Munich, Germany
a e-mail: rainer.zimmermann@hm.edu
Received: 19 November 2016
Revised: 19 November 2016
Published online: 10 February 2017
Until now, there is no explicit clarity about the question whether information, as similar to energy and mass, can be visualized as fundamental constituent of this universe or not, a question which is presently disputed. We follow here the line of argument which follows the first alternative, and give reasons for this by starting in terms of a metaphysical conception.
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