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The quantum field theory (qft) dual paradigm in fundamental physics and the semantic information content and measure in cognitive sciences

Gianfranco Basti

pp. 177-210

Abstract

In this paper we explore the possibility of giving a justification of the "semantic information" content and measure, in the framework of the recent coalgebraic approach to quantum systems and quantum computation, extended to QFT systems. In QFT, indeed, any quantum system has to be considered as an "open" system, because it is always interacting with the background fluctuations of the quantum vacuum. Namely, the Hamiltonian in QFT always includes the quantum system and its inseparable thermal bath, formally "entangled" like an algebra with its coalgebra, according to the principle of the "doubling" of the degrees of freedom (DDF) between them. This is the core of the representation theory of cognitive neuroscience based on QFT. Moreover, in QFT, the probabilities of the quantum states follow a Wigner distribution, based on the notion and measure of quasiprobability, where regions integrated under given expectation values do not represent mutually exclusive states. This means that a computing agent, either natural or artificial, in QFT, against the quantum Turing machine paradigm, is able to change dynamically the representation space of its computations. This depends on the possibility of interpreting QFT system computations within the framework of category theory logic and its principle of duality between opposed categories, such as the algebra and coalgebra categories of QFT. This allows us to justify and not only to suppose, like in the "theory of strong semantic information" of L. Floridi, the definition of modal "local truth" and the notion of semantic information as a measure of it, despite both measures being defined on quasiprobability distributions.

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Dodig Crnkovic Gordana, Giovagnoli Raffaela (2017) Representation and reality in humans, other living organisms and intelligent machines. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 177-210

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-43784-2_9

Full citation:

Basti Gianfranco (2017) „The quantum field theory (qft) dual paradigm in fundamental physics and the semantic information content and measure in cognitive sciences“, In: G. Dodig Crnkovic & R. Giovagnoli (eds.), Representation and reality in humans, other living organisms and intelligent machines, Dordrecht, Springer, 177–210.