?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Information+and+Meaning+in+Life%2C+Humans+and+Robots&rft.creator=Menant%2C+Christophe&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Primatology&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.subject=Behavioral+Analysis&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Behavioral+Biology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=Information+and+meaning+exist+around+us+and+within+ourselves%2C+and+the+same+information+can+correspond+to+different+meanings.+This+is+true+for+humans+and+animals%2C+and+is+becoming+true+for+robots.+%0AWe+propose+here+an+overview+of+this+subject+by+using+a+systemic+tool+related+to+meaning+generation+that+has+already+been+published+(C.+Menant%2C+Entropy+2003).+%0AThe+Meaning+Generator+System+(MGS)+is+a+system+submitted+to+a+constraint+that+generates+a+meaningful+information+when+it+receives+an+incident+information+that+has+a+relation+with+the+constraint.+The+content+of+the+meaningful+information+is+explicited%2C+and+its+function+is+to+%0Atrigger+an+action+that+will+be+used+to+satisfy+the+constraint+of+the+system.+%0AThe+MGS+has+been+introduced+in+the+case+of+basic+life+submitted+to+a+%22stay+alive%22+constraint.+%0AWe+propose+here+to+see+how+the+usage+of+the+MGS+can+be+extended+to+more+complex+living+systems%2C+to+humans+and+to+robots+by+introducing+new+types+of+constraints%2C+and+integrating+the+MGS+into+higher+level+systems.+%0AThe+application+of+the+MGS+to+humans+is+partly+based+on+a+scenario+relative+to+the+evolution+of+body+self-awareness+toward+self-consciousness+that+has+already+been+presented+%0A(C.+Menant%2C+Biosemiotics+2003%2C+and+TSC+2004).+%0AThe+application+of+the+MGS+to+robots+is+based+on+the+definition+of+the+MGS+applied+to+robots+functionality%2C+taking+into+account+the+origins+of+the+constraints.+%0AWe+conclude+with+a+summary+of+this+overview+and+with+themes+that+can+be+linked+to+this+systemic+approach+on+meaning+generation.+%0A%0A&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4531%2F1%2FF.45.paper.pdf&rft.identifier=++Menant%2C+Christophe++(2005)+Information+and+Meaning+in+Life%2C+Humans+and+Robots.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4531%2F