ABSTRACT
Information is any representation of our physical or imaginary world which people need to understand the world for problem solving and decision making. It is true that also animals, plants, and even physical systems use information, but we leave these types of information to the respective disciplines of biology, medicine, physics, or other related disciplines (for an interesting broader discussion of the concept of information see, for example, Stamper, 1973). Focal in our view is the human being as an intelligent being with high cognitive capabilities (like analysis, theorizing, and debating). In the context of the human use of representations a number of conceptual complications exist regarding my statement about information and representation. For example, two difficulties are:
1 What is the relation between a representation and its informative content? 2 How can information contribute to the capabilities of people to improve
their situation?
