Information and Resource Processing Paradigm

Tamito Yoshida's notion of the information and resource processing paradigm was influenced by information theory, particularly Norbert Wiener's 1948 Cybernetics . The basic idea of Yoshida's general systems theory evolved originally from Wiener's work through generalizing of his logic. His central own hypothesis comprises the following: the natural world is divided into “non‐controlled nature,” “inorganic nature” such as the universe, and “controlled nature.” Controlled nature is composed of “organic nature” controlled by “genetic information” and “human nature” controlled by “cultural information.” From Yoshida's own “evolutionist” perspective, any natural system – including that of plants, animals, human beings, and any level of society – has the common basic structure of an “information and resource processing system.” This means that any controlled system is “the system of resources and resource processing” controlled by “information and information processing.” “Information” and “resources” are defined in very broad and abstract terms. For instance, cherry blossoms only bloom when the temperature is higher than 20 degrees, hence they are controlled by temperature, by information. Similarly, human action involves a highly complicated process of information and resource processing. Human actions are controlled by a wide variety of cultural and social information such as language, signs, symbols, norms, and values

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