Jon,

As the reference to an object X becomes solely "information about X," just as what is said about it is "information about X," the indexical aspect of "denotation" disappears along with the object itself. Both denotation and connotation become an exercise in how the code is commonly used, something a ChatGPT can measure much more accurately statistically than we can intuitively.

Tom

On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 8:59 AM Jon Awbrey <jawbrey@att.net> wrote:

Pragmatic Semiotic Information • Ψ
• http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2023/07/22/pragmatic-semiotic-information-%cf%88-2/

All,

I remember it was back in ’76 when I began to notice a subtle shift of
focus in the computer science journals I was reading, from discussing X
to discussing “Information About X”, or X → Info(X) as I came to notate
the transformation. I suppose that small arc of revolution had been
building for years but it struck me as crossing a threshold to a more
explicit, self‑conscious stage about that time.

Regards,

Jon
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