ABSTRACT

This chapter articulates philosophy of information theory through a classic Chinese philosophical yinyang paradigm. It explores the role of yinyang information in Chinese thought; how yinyang information is the order of things and the building block of human knowledge; why yinyang knowing after all is to know how; what yinyang information model can contribute to the philosophy of information at a broader and deeper level. There are six aspects of any given yinyang relation-based information model which reveal a pervasive spectrum of differences within relatedness, connection, and mutual influence. This yinyang relational-informational model epitomizes spontaneous cognition of environmental relations and the cognitive power resides in its capacity to elucidate the yinyang relationships in a complex network and environment.