Information: Concept,categories, and ambivalent nature. Philosophical essays

The conceptions of information developed in Soviet philosophy are critically conceived, and the information approach accepted in scientific, research, and practical activities is characterized. The state-of-the-art system of information concepts and categories is analyzed, and the trend of the development of the common scientific information category into the philosophical area is presented. The ambivalent nature of information is proved from the point of view of realistic philosophy.