The Notion of 'Information' in Genetics: A Pragmatic Model

Autor/in	Martina Blecic
Titel	The Notion of 'Information' in Genetics: A Pragmatic Model
Quelle	In: Journal of Biological Education, 58 (2024) 1, S. 89-100Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Martina Blecic)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9266
DOI	10.1080/00219266.2021.2020876
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Genetics; Molecular Biology; Figurative Language; Communication (Thought Transfer); Communications; Coding; Vocabulary; Language Usage; Language Styles; Pragmatics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humangenetik; Molekularbiologie; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Nachrichtenwesen; Codierung; Programmierung; Wortschatz; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachstil; Pragmalinguistik
Abstract	In this paper I suggest a pragmatic model for the notion of 'information' used in molecular biology in the description of protein synthesis. Discarding any ontological commitments of the term 'information', I propose a view of information based on an analogy with communication. This view could at least supplement the existing information-metaphor that should be updated for two reasons: (i) the concept of information it presupposes, and (ii) the origin of the metaphor itself. Besides, the metaphorical nature of the notion of 'information' is still often overlooked, which leads to a false sense of understanding of the underlying genetic phenomena it should describe. The advantages of a model based on communication, as it is seen by the field of pragmatics, is twofold: (i) it provides a rather simple analogy between human communication and basic genetic processes, and (ii) it supplies the tools for the understanding of the non-literal use of the term 'information'. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
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Update	2025/2/04