INFORMATION: Epistemological Model, Not Ontological Entity

This work proves that information does not exist ontologicallyit exists only as an epis- temological model endowed with the predicate of distinction. Through rigorous proof of isomorphism between 'Nothingness' and 'Information', we demonstrate that possessing the predicate of distinction is necessary for conceivability but insucient for existence. The consequences of this thesis are fundamental: critique of Wheeler's it from bit, reconcep- tualization of quantum information, refutation of the computational model of consciousness, resolution of confusion between physical and informational entropy, and dissolution of the black hole information paradox. This work demonstrates that computers ontologically process not information but real xations of material states, and that the informational paradigm in physics and cognitive science is a category mistakeconation of ontology and epistemology. The work advances a falsiable claim: if information existed ontologically, it would be possible to dene physical processes whose causal ecacy depends on information alone. No such processes exist. Keywords: information, ontology, epistemology, Nothingness, predicate of distinction, computation, xation, it from bit, quantum information, consciousness, black holes, information paradox