The Information Philosopher presents three new ideas about some perennial problems in philosophy that have a significant chance of being testable hypotheses.

If these ideas are verifiable empirically, they are likely to change some well-established philosophical positions. Even more important, they provide a new view of how humanity fits into the universe.

The three are

• A scientific model for free will

• A value system grounded on fundamental processes in the universe

• An explanation of knowledge formation and communication

All three depend on understanding modern physics, biology, and neuroscience.

All three have strong connections to the science of information.

Philosophy is the love of knowledge or wisdom. As we quantify knowledge as actionable information, these three ideas are major contributions to a new information philosophy.

What is information that merits its use as the foundation of a new philosophical method of inquiry? Please see our introduction to the principles of increasing information and "soft" causality.

This website version of Information Philosopher has seven parts, each with multiple chapters. Navigation at the bottom of each page will take you to the next or previous part or chapter.
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