The reality of knowledge: the ways in which life constructs reality so it can be known
"'The Reality of Knowledge' completes a trilogy begun with 'The Architecture of Knowledge' (1980) and 'Processes of Knowledge' (2001). It presents a holistic analysis of k nowledge and the reality that is known. The book shows how living things, including humans, c...
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| Summary: | "'The Reality of Knowledge' completes a trilogy begun with 'The Architecture of Knowledge' (1980) and 'Processes of Knowledge' (2001). It presents a holistic analysis of k nowledge and the reality that is known. The book shows how living things, including humans, construct reality in specific ways that maximize their ability to know it. Different species construct different areas of reality, but they all use the same methods: objectification, categorization, and generalization. In objectification, organisms delimit specific objects of knowledge out of the unknown reality shared by all life. Using categorization, organisms group objects to understand them better, thereby creating new category objects. Through generalization, organisms combine categories logically to create models of reality. Support for this analysis comes from examining certain details of computer technology, because computer architectures have been designed to emulate the ways in which reality is known and understood"--Publisher's description, p. [4] of cover |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [256}-258) and index Known reality -- Organisms -- Constructing reality -- Environmental reality -- Organic realities -- Knowledge -- Human realities |
| Physical Description: | xi, 265 p. 22 cm |
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION L. KNOWN REALITY METAPHORS FOR KNOWN REALITY EXAMPLE: THE
VALUE OF 1T
CHARACTERIZING KNOWN REALITY
DISCUSSION: SPECIFICITY. VARIABILITY. DETERMINACY DIVISIONS IN KNOWN
REALITY ANALOGY: IMAGE DIGITIZATION SPACE, TIME, PALTERN HISTORY: THE
REALITY OF PHYSICS
UNKNOWN REALITY ANALOGY: CONVERTING REALITY TO DATA MULTIPLE REALITIES
SUMMARY OF THIS CHAPTER
ROAD MAP: THE REST OFTHIS BOOK
2. ORGANISMS BEING ALIVE ANALOGY: PLAYING CHESS ASPECTS OF ORGANISMS
ANALOGY: COMPUTING INDIVIDUALS AND SPECIES DISCUSSION: SPECIATION
CONSTRUCTING THE ENVIRONMENT
ANALOGY: COMPUTING PROCESSES METABOLISM. CHOKE. PURPOSE ANALOGY:
OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING REPURPOSING AND ITERATION
SUMMARY OF THIS CHAPTER
3. CONSTRUCTING REALITY KNOWLEDGE AND CONSTRUCTED REALITY
OBJECTIFICATION, CATEGORIZATION. GENERALIZATION ANALOGY: SET THEORY
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THE REALITY 0/ KNOWLEDGE
RELATING OBJECTS 64
ANALOGY: CONDITIONAL BRANCHING 65
USING SPACE, TIME, AND PATTERN 66
HISTORY: NEWTON S BUCKET 67
CONSTRUCTING COMMON SENSE 69
ANALOGY: DECRYPTING A BIT FILE 71
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HISTORY: CATEGORIZATION 76
OBJECTIFYING CATEGORIES 77
ANALOGY: CATEGORIZATION AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB 78
THE EFFICIENCY OF KNOWLEDGE 79
DISCUSSION: ENTROPY 81
OBJECTIFYING ORGANISMS 83
ANALOGY: CATEGORIZATION IN DATA PROCESSING 84
KINDS OF REALITY 86
SUMMARY OF THIS CHAPTER 88
4. ENVIRONMENTAL REALITY 90
BUILDING ON COMMONSENSE REALITY 91
ANALOGY: DIGITAL ENCODING 92
STYLES OF CROSS-CATEGORIZATION 93
TABLE 4-1. SIX STYLES OF CROSS-CATEGORIZATION 94
TABLE 4-2. RESULTS OF CROSS-CATEGORIZING ENVIRONMENTAL REALITY 95
ACTUALIZING THE ENVIRONMENT 96
ANIMATING PHYSICAL REALITY 98
SURVEY: NATURAL REA/ITY 99
THE FLOW OFTIME 103
EXAMPLE: FLIPPING A COIN 104
FORMULATING PROPOSITIONS 105
ABSTRACTING UNIVERSALS 106
SURVEY: LMEFFECTUAL REALITY 108
REASONING OUT PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES 110
DEFINING THE PHYSICAL WORLD I 12
SURVEY: FORMAL REA/ITY 114
CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTAL REALITY 115
TABLE 4-3. CONTENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REALITY 115
CHOICE AND NOVELTY 117
SUMMARY OFTHIS CHAPTER 119
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CONTENTS
5. ORGANIC REALITIES CORPORAL REALITY TABLE 5-1. CORPORAL
SELF-CONSTRUCTION ANALOGY: TIME AND DATA COHERENCE
SOCIAL AND MENTAL REALITIES MODEL: LAYERS OF REALITY TABLE 5-2. LAYER
MODEL 01 KNOWN REALITY SODAL REALITY
TABLE 5-3. HUMAN SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS COMMUNICATION AND SYMBOLIZATION
HISTORY: CONSCIOUSNESS MENTAL REALITY TABLE 5-4. TYPICAL CONTENTS 01
MENTAL REALITY ANALOGY: THE FLOW OFTIME IN COMPUTERS
MEMORIZATION AND RECALL ANALOGY: SCRATCHPAD REGISTERS IMAGINATION AND
REFLECTION AWARENESS
DISCUSSION: AWARENESS AND INTEL/IGEL/CE REALITY BRIDGES SPECIATION AND
INDIVIDUATION AI/ALOGY: ON-BOARD COMPUTIL/G
DETERMINISM AND FREE WILL SUMMARY OF THIS CHAPTER
6. KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTING KNOWLEDGE ANALOGY: COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
COMMONSENSE KNOWLEDGE
CROSS-CATEGORIZED KNOWLEDGE AI/ALOGY: GALILEO S BOOKKEEPIL/G ERROR
DETECTION MINIMA
DISCUSSIOL/: THE PARTICLES OF PHYSICS THEORIES HISTORY: THEORIES OF HEAT
TABLE 61. WAYS 01 THEORIZING ABOLLT HEAT
SPECIES THEORIZING
USING SYMBOLS
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VI THE REA/ITY 0/ KNOWLEDGE
MODEL: LAYERS OFCOMMUNICATION TABLE 6-2. LAYER MODEL OF ORGANIC
COMMUNICATIONS LANGUAGE AND KNOWLEDGE
FONNAL KNOWLEDGE HISTORY: THE PROPERTIES OF AIR SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND
RATIONALISM HISTORY: REASON AND NOESIS
LANGUAGE IN MENTAL REALITY SUMMARY OF THIS CHAPTER
7. HUMAN REALITIES CROSS-CATEGORIZATION SEQUENCING EXAMPLE: EXPLAINING
HEAT TABLE 7-1. SEQUENCE OF EXPLANATIONS OF HE AT
HUMAN REALITY SEQUENCING
DISCUSSION: PRIVATE REALITIES SCIENCE VS. RELIGION COMPARISON: GALILEO
AND ARISTOTLE INDIVIDUALISM VS. STATISM
TABLE 7-2. INDIVIDUALISTIC AND STATIST SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS EXAMPLE:
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY COMPREHENSIVE OBJECTS TABLE 7-3. TYPICAL
COMPREHENSIVE OBJECTS
EXAMPLE: THE CHRISTIAN TRINITY
UNIVERSAL VIRLUES TABLE 7-4. UNIVERSALLY GOOD CATEGORIES THE EVOLUTION
OF KNOWN REALITY
HISTORY: PHILOSOPHY AND THEORIZING SUMMARY OF THIS CHAPLER
8. SUMMARY OF THIS BOOK
NOTES
INDEX
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