Slow information: contemplating time and space from Newtonian to Leibnizian

Author

Katai, Osamu ; Kawakami, Hiroshi ; Shiose, Takayuki ; Notsu, Akira

Author_Institution

Dept. of Syst. Sci., Kyoto Univ., Japan

fYear

2004

fDate

1-2 March 2004

Firstpage

140

Lastpage

149

Abstract

We introduce a novel notion of flow of information, "slow information," which is defined as the flow causing structural changes to a spatio-temporal structure, the Tapestry of Space and Time, of persons or a society. This definition is based on the Leibnizian conception of Space and Time, which contrasts with the common conception: the Newtonian conception of Space and Time. In the latter conception, information flow does not affect the spatio-temporal structure of persons, while in the former conception the structure may be changed profoundly and slowly via the flow of information, slow information. Consequently this new aspect of information is applied to environmental design problems via Alexander\´s pattern language. In addition, we discuss its application to caring communication based on nursing theory and Naive psychology.

Keywords

formal logic; information networks; pattern classification; physics computing; Alexander pattern language; Leibnizian Space conception; Leibnizian Time conception; Naive psychology; Newtonian Space conception; Newtonian Time conception; environmental design problem; information flow; nursing theory; slow information; spatio-temporal structure; Informatics; Information technology; Logic; Medical services; Mobile handsets; Physics; Psychology; Space exploration; Space technology; Spatiotemporal phenomena;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Informatics Research for Development of Knowledge Society Infrastructure, 2004. ICKS 2004. International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2150-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICKS.2004.1313419

Filename

1313419