Information: Resurrection of the Cartesian physics

Abstract

Information is intrinsically about a physical phenomenon that precipitates a globally synchronous time internally, in sharp contrast to Newtonian physics in which the globally synchronous time is simply declared to be absolute from the outset as being a metaphysical entity. Both capacities of generative activity and prescriptive specification are evident in the physics of information addressing the construction of a globally synchronous time from locally asynchronous ones on the actual scene. Appraisal of a locally asynchronous time assigned to each local material configuration is practiced by focusing on the occurrence of signaling and communication on material grounds. In this regard, the Cartesian physics prior to Newtonian successor is perceptive enough to appreciate the significance of signaling and communication in the local perspective. Proper understanding of the issue of information can be accomplished only by ameliorating Newtonian interventions too much of a metaphysical flavor. Information requires and waits for resurrection of the Cartesian physics.