A Qualitative Theory of Information: definitions in book order

Numbered definitions from Jakościowa teoria informacji (‘A Qualitative Theory of Information’, 1970) in the order of the book: 141 definitions in 12 chapters. This is how Mazur built the theory — each definition uses only earlier ones.

Chapter 2

Number	Term	Page
2.1	controlled system	28
2.2	controlling system	28
2.3	control path	28
2.4	control loop	28
2.5	control process	28

Chapter 3

Number	Term	Page
3.1	source of action	33
3.2	receiver of action	33
3.3	message	34
3.4	transverse set of messages	35
3.5	longitudinal set of messages	35
3.6	original	35
3.7	image	35
3.8	intermessage	35

Chapter 4

Number	Term	Page
4.1	association of messages	41
4.2	transformation	42
4.3	primary message	42
4.4	secondary message	42
4.5	non-trivial transformation	43
4.6	trivial transformation	43
4.7	identity transformation	43
4.8	equality transformation	44
4.9	inverse transformation	44
4.10	operation	45
4.11	kind of operation	45
4.12	parameter of operation	45
4.13	operational transformation	45
4.14	principal transformation	46
4.15	inverse principal transformation	47
4.16	inverse operational transformation	47
4.17	inverse operation	47
4.18	inverse kind of operation	48
4.19	inverse parameter of operation	48
4.20	associative transformation	49
4.21	inverse associative transformation	50
4.22	transformation chain	51
4.23	resultant transformation	52

Chapter 5

Number	Term	Page
5.1	coding association	60
5.2	code	60
5.3	non-trivial code	61
5.4	trivial code	61
5.5	identity code	61
5.6	equality code	61
5.7	inverse code	61
5.8	operational code	61
5.9	inverse operational code	62
5.10	principal code	62
5.11	inverse principal code	63
5.12	associative code	63
5.13	coding chain	66
5.14	resultant code	67

Chapter 6

Number	Term	Page
6.1	informational association	70
6.2	information	70
6.3	non-trivial information	71
6.4	trivial information	71
6.5	identity information	71
6.6	equality information	71
6.7	inverse information	71
6.8	informational chain	71
6.9	resultant information	73
6.10	operational information	74
6.11	inverse operational information	74
6.12	principal information	76
6.13	inverse principal information	76
6.14	associative information	79

Chapter 7

Number	Term	Page
7.1	informing	82
7.2	simulative informing	84
7.3	dissimulative informing	84
7.4	confusive informing	85

Chapter 8

Number	Term	Page
8.1	transinforming	87
8.2	trivial transinforming	93
8.3	identity transinforming	93
8.4	equality transinforming	95
8.5	analogue transinforming	98
8.6	compensative transinforming	108
8.7	comparative transinforming	113
8.8	eliminative transinforming	115

Chapter 9

Number	Term	Page
9.1	pseudoinforming	118
9.2	pseudoinformation	118
9.3	simulative pseudoinforming	118
9.4	simulative pseudoinformation	118
9.5	dissimulative pseudoinforming	121
9.6	dissimulative pseudoinformation	121
9.7	confusive pseudoinforming	125
9.8	single confusive pseudoinforming	125
9.9	double confusive pseudoinforming	127

Chapter 10

Number	Term	Page
10.1	disinforming	141
10.2	disinformation	141
10.3	simulative disinforming	141
10.4	simulative disinformation	141
10.5	dissimulative disinforming	143
10.6	dissimulative disinformation	143
10.7	confusive disinforming	144
10.8	single confusive disinforming	144
10.9	double confusive disinforming	146

Chapter 11

Number	Term	Page
11.1	paramessage	153
11.2	paraoriginal	153
11.3	paraimage	153
11.4	parainformation	153
11.5	parainforming	153
11.6	paratransinforming	157
11.7	paratransinformation	157
11.8	paradisinforming	160
11.9	paradisinformation	160
11.10	simulative paradisinforming	160
11.11	simulative paradisinformation	160
11.12	dissimulative paradisinforming	161
11.13	dissimulative paradisinformation	161
11.14	confusive paradisinforming	161
11.15	confusive paradisinformation	162
11.16	single confusive paradisinforming	162
11.17	double confusive paradisinforming	163

Chapter 12

Number	Term	Page
12.1	metacontrol path	177
12.2	metamessage	177
12.3	metaoriginal	177
12.4	metaimage	177
12.5	metacode	177
12.6	trivial metacode	177
12.7	non-trivial metacode	178
12.8	metainformation	178
12.9	trivial metainformation	178
12.10	non-trivial metainformation	178
12.11	metainforming	178
12.12	simulative metainforming	184
12.13	dissimulative metainforming	184
12.14	confusive metainforming	184
12.15	metatransinforming	184
12.16	metatransinformation	184
12.17	metapseudoinforming	184
12.18	metapseudoinformation	184
12.19	metadisinforming	184
12.20	metadisinformation	184
12.21	metaparamessage	184
12.22	metaparainformation	185
12.23	metaparainforming	185

Chapter 13

Number	Term	Page
13.1	useful information	188
13.2	redundant information	188
13.3	parasitic information	188
13.4	describing information	189
13.5	reference information	189
13.6	reference message	189
13.7	identifying information	194