Actio non est reactio: An extension of the concept of causality towards phenomena of information

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Abstract
The goal of this article is to subsume the concept of information under a more general heading. One basic notion which can be generally applied is the term “causality”. This concept is used in everyday language, in mythological thinking, and in scientific languages as well. Therefore there exists some chance to adapt it to the context of information, to extend it towards our needs, and to explicate it more precisely. We think it promising to look for information under this perspective, and to work out the differences, similarities, and the particularities of causality of information processes compared to purely physical ones. The advantage of this perspective is the unfolding of a larger range of analysis than is opened by physics. It allows for the inclusion of different causal relations which cannot be viewed by classical physics.

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