... which is to have knowledge; acquiring information, which is to gain knowledge; and containing information, which is sometimes the same as containing k nowledge6. Acquir-ing information is coming ... causalmechanisms which underlie our ability to gain vis ual k nowledge? This is misdescribed asa question of how information flows, if it is thought that the information in question isthe information ... OF INFORMATION 8containing information, then this cannot be ‘containing’ in the straightforward sense inwhich books and filing cabinets contain information (propositionally), for our brains and minds...