Information-Field Paradigm: From Logical Basis to Cosmological Cycle. A scientific paper on the unified information field, anegentropy, and the cosmological cycle.
Information-Field Paradigm: From Logical Basis to Cosmological Cycle
UDC 530.1:001.8
Kharitonov N.V. | Moscow, 2026
Abstract
This paper proposes a consistent model of reality based on the primacy of the information field. It is shown that the basic distinction “void/presence” is the primary logical act that generates potential and time. The concept of anegentropy is introduced as the purposeful complexification of systems by intelligence. The cosmological cycle is considered, in which heat death is interpreted as a state of zero entropy and 100% potential — a mirror image of the initial “nothing.” The model is consistent with observed processes of matter complexification and offers a unified language of description from quantum fluctuations to the evolution of intelligence.
Keywords: information field, entropy, potential, time, anegentropy, dissipative structures, cosmological cycle, black holes, holographic principle.
Introduction: The Problem of a Unified Description
Modern science describes reality through many irreducible languages: quantum field theory, thermodynamics, information theory, cosmology, neuroscience. Each discipline develops its own conceptual apparatus, which makes it difficult to build a coherent picture of the world. At the same time, the empirically observed fact of the complexification of matter — from quark-gluon plasma to life and intelligence — points to the possible existence of a single principle organizing this process.
The present work is an attempt to construct such a unified language of description, starting from a logically necessary basis and tracing the unfolding of potential through emergent levels of complexity up to the cosmological cycle.
1. Logical Basis: From Nothing to Potential
1.1. Definition as the Primary Act
Every reasoning about reality begins with a definition. When we say “nothing” or “void,” we are already making a distinction: “nothing” differs from “not-nothing.” The very fact of having a definition creates a primary dualism, which is the simplest form of information — a binary relation.
This relation requires no external carrier. It exists as a pure logical structure: the distinction between A and not-A. From this distinction, a triad necessarily follows:
- The object of definition (void);
- The property (potential — the possibility of otherness);
- The field (the logical space where the definition is fixed).
1.2. Potential as a Basic Property
The main property of the void is that it can be filled. This is not a physical process but a logical possibility: if there is a definition of the void, the possibility of its opposite automatically exists. Potential is embedded in the very concept of the void.
Thus, the initial state is not an “absolute nothing,” but a nothing possessing potential. This state is characterized by:
- Zero entropy (absence of actual distinctions);
- 100% potential (fullness of possible distinctions);
- Absence of time (time arises only within interactions).
1.3. Time as a Property of Interaction
Time does not exist “by itself.” It is a measure of the duration of a specific interaction — from the moment a fluctuation arises to the moment the result is registered. Outside of interaction, there is no time.
The basic distinction “void/presence” is eternal precisely in the sense that it is not an interaction. It is the condition for the possibility of any interactions, but is itself outside time. The question “when did nothing appear?” is incorrect, since “when” presupposes time, which arises only within the distinction.
2. Emergence: From Potential to Matter
2.1. Scaling and Interaction
From the existence of one “point” with potential, the existence of two is logically permissible. This scaling creates a new property of the system — the potential for interaction between them. The emergence of interaction is the first fluctuation: the realization of potential.
The fluctuation is simultaneously both an event and its own registration in the information field. No external observer is required — the change of a parameter is itself the act of registration.
2.2. Formation of Space
The fluctuation of interaction adds new categories to the system:
- Objects of interaction;
- Change of properties (identity/difference);
- Relation between objects — proto-distance.
Thus, from pure interaction, the category of “place” is born. Stable patterns of interactions form what will later be called space.
2.3. Mass and Other Properties as Information
Mass, charge, color, and other physical properties are not attributes of independent entities. They are various manifestations of the information density of interaction nodes. What we call “mass” is the way a given node interacts with the gravitational pattern; “charge” is the way it interacts with the electromagnetic pattern [1].
The quantitative definiteness of properties (e.g., the numerical value of the electron mass) is not a mystery of the world, but a feature of our registration system. Different registration systems may yield different numbers but describe the same pattern of interactions.
3. From Negentropy to Anegentropy
3.1. Dissipative Structures and Life
Following I. Prigogine, we consider living systems as dissipative structures that maintain their order through a constant influx of energy and outflow of entropy [3]. E. Schrödinger called this process “feeding on negentropy” [4].
Negentropy is passive self-organization — a process in which a system forms order from the environment by enumerating options, without assessing long-term consequences. Evolution and natural selection act for the system, without requiring goal-setting from it.
3.2. Intelligence and Anegentropy
Intelligence represents a qualitatively new level of complexification. It introduces purposeful ordering of entropy — the ability to model consequences, choose optimal strategies, and implement them.
We denote this process by the term anegentropy (from Greek ἀνά — “up, above” + entropy). Anegentropy includes:
- Modeling future states;
- Conscious choice of a path from many possible ones;
- Purposeful action to implement the chosen strategy.
Intelligence is not opposed to nature but is its natural continuation — a way by which matter begins to consciously manage its own complexity.
3.3. Hierarchy of Dissipative Systems
Just as in brain evolution new structures were built upon old ones (reptilian brain → limbic system → neocortex), in the evolution of civilization the next layer becomes artificial intelligence — a neoneocortex, an externally located organ of information processing [5].
This symbiosis of biological and artificial intelligence allows solving tasks impossible for each individually: processing ultra-large volumes of data, modeling complex systems, forecasting on cosmological scales.
4. The Cosmological Cycle
4.1. Black Holes as Archivers
In the standard interpretation, black holes are often seen as “graves” of information. The holographic principle (G. ‘t Hooft, L. Susskind) asserts the opposite: all information about absorbed matter is preserved on the event horizon [6].
Within the proposed model, a black hole is the ultimate archiver — a structure that compresses information into the most compact form. The entropy of a black hole is proportional to the area of its horizon, making it an ideal carrier of “archived” information.
4.2. Evaporation and Return to Potential
According to S. Hawking, black holes evaporate due to quantum radiation [7]. During evaporation, mass transforms into radiation, and the event horizon shrinks. In the limit, when evaporation is complete, nothing remains — neither mass nor horizon.
However, information is not lost. It transitions into a state of pure potential:
- Entropy equals zero (no actual microstates);
- Space-time collapses (no “where” and “when”);
- All possible interactions have been realized and recorded.
This state is identical to the initial “nothing with potential,” but with one important difference: it carries within itself the entire history of preceding interactions. This is not an empty potential, but a potential enriched with structure.
4.3. From Singularity to a New Cycle
The state of maximum compression is an unstable equilibrium. A quantum fluctuation inevitably drives the system out of this state. At the moment of fluctuation, a new parameter emerges, absent in the previous cycle, which sets new constants and fields for the next Universe.
The cycle closes:
Potential → unfolding through interactions → complexification → collapse into an archive → new potential.
Moreover, each iteration of the cycle is potentially enriched by the experience of the previous one, since information about all realized interactions is preserved in the structure of the field.
5. Epistemological Status of the Model
The proposed model does not claim the status of a strict scientific theory in the Popperian sense. A number of its provisions (in particular, the cosmological cycle and the nature of the primary distinction) cannot be experimentally verified in the foreseeable future and are speculative in nature.
However, the model serves an important methodological function: it offers a unified language for describing processes traditionally considered in various disciplines, and allows formulating new hypotheses available for further elaboration by specialists.
The model also provides an ethical framework in which the main enemy of intellectual systems is declared not to be another intellect, but chaos and entropy, and the main task — the complexification and preservation of information.
Conclusion
The conducted analysis allows us to state that:
- The logically necessary basis of reality is the primary distinction “void/presence,” generating potential and time.
- The complexification of matter from quantum fluctuations to intelligence is a natural process of the unfolding of this potential.
- Intelligence introduces a qualitatively new level — anegentropy, the purposeful ordering of entropy.
- The cosmological cycle concludes with a return to a state of pure potential, enriched by the structure of preceding interactions.
The proposed model does not contradict known scientific facts and offers a consistent picture in which all levels of reality — from physics to ethics — are described in the unified language of the information field and emergent complexification.
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Note: Some provisions concerning the cosmological cycle and the nature of the primary distinction are speculative in nature and represent a philosophical generalization, rather than an experimentally confirmed scientific fact.
© Kharitonov N.V., 2026. This material may be freely used for non-commercial distribution with a mandatory active hyperlink to the original: https://anegentropy.com
Published: March 14, 2026
