The Frontier Between the Map and the Territory: Notes on the Intertwining between Matter and Information

On the relationship between “things” and “ideas” — with a special emphasis on medical practice.

Dualism has a long track in philosophy. Although often overlooked, it supports much of our worldview, and lies at the center of many frontline scientific issues. This dialectic has specific phrasings in different scientific areas, but it is arguably the expression of the same conflict in diverse contexts: namely, the framework between Matter and Information, or, metaphorically, the frontier betwe...