  This work outlines the novel application of the empirical analysis of
causation, presented by Kutach, to the study of information theory and its role
in physics. The central thesis of this paper is that causation and information
are identical functional tools for distinguishing controllable correlations,
and that this leads to a consistent view, not only of information theory, but
also of statistical physics and quantum information. This approach comes
without the metaphysical baggage of declaring information a fundamental
ingredient in physical reality and exorcises many of the otherwise puzzling
problems that arise from this view-point, particularly obviating the problem of
`excess baggage' in quantum mechanics.
