Patterns of human knowing in the information society: a philosophical study of the epistemological implications of the information revolution
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PATTERNS OF HUMAN KNOWING IN THE
INFORMATION SOCIETY A PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY OF THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL
IMPLICATIONS OF THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION
BY
STANISLAS BIGIRIMANA
A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
RUPRECHT-KARLS- UNIVERSITY, HEIDELBERG IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
MAY 2011
SUPERVISOR: PROF. DR. PETER MCLAUGHLIN
TAG CTER MUENDLICHEN PRUEFUNG:
2 0. JULI 2011
BIBLIOGRAFISCHE INFORMATIONEN HTTP://D-NB.INFO/101421081X
DIGITALISIERT DURCH
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VI
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION I
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS II
TABLE OF CONTENTS VI
PRELUDE ONE IX
PRELUDE TWO X
PRELUDE THREE XI
INTRODUCTION XII
CHAPTER ONE: MODERN SCIENCE AND THE HEGEMONY OF NORMATIVE
EPISTEMOLOGY 1
A. INTRODUCTION 1
B. MODERN SCIENCE AND NORMATIVE EPISTEMOLOGY 5
1. MODEM SCIENCE AND PARADIGM CHANGE 5
2. MODEM SCIENCE AND THE DECLINE OF THE MEDIEVAL SYNTHESIS 9
3. MODEM SCIENCE, EMPIRICISM, AND LOGOCENTRISM 15
4. NORMATIVE EPISTEMOLOGY AND LOGICO-DEDUCTIVE PROCESSES 22
C. CHARACTERISTICS AND LIMITS OF NORMATIVE
EPISTEMOLOGY 32
1. KNOWLEDGE AS TRUE JUSTIFIED BELIEF 32
A) NORMATIVE EPISTEMOLOGY AND THE GETTIER PROBLEM 32
B) THE JUSTIFICATION REQUIREMENT 36
C) TRUTH AND DIFFERENTIATION IN LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS 44
2. BELIEFS AND THE PARADIGMATIC NATURE OF PREDICATION 56
D. CONCLUSION 62
END NOTES 64
CHAPTER TWO: FROM REPRESENTATION TO INFORMATION PROCESSING.67
A. INTRODUCTION 67
B. FROM MECHANICS TO CYBERNETICS 71
1. MECHANICS: MATTER, MOTION, AUTOMATION, AND INSTRUMENTAL RATIONALITY
71
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2. PLATONIC AND NEO-ARISTOTELIAN ALTERNATIVES TO THE MECHANICAL MODEL 78
A) PLATONIC REACTIONS 78
B) NEO-ARISTOTELIAN REACTIONS 83
3. AN ELECTROMAGNETIC MODEL: TAKING INTO ACCOUNT DISCONTINUITIES AND
ALTERNATIVES.. .88
4. CYBERNETICS: COMPLEXITY, DYNAMISM, CONTROL, AND INTEGRATION 91
C. KNOWING AS INFORMATION PROCESSING 99
1. KNOWLEDGE AS A FACTOR OF INFORMATION 99
2. KNOWING AS A DYNAMIC AND INTEGRATIVE PROCESS 103
3. KNOWING AS AN ACTIVITY OF THE KNOWER 109
4. KNOWING AS SELF-APPROPRIATION I LL
5. THE ROLE OF INFORMATION 115
A) INFORMATION AS AN INVITING FINAL CAUSE: THE ROLE OF PURPOSE, VALUE,
AND MEANING..! 15
B) INFORMATION AS A MEANINGFUL INTERACTION WITH A CONTEXT 116
C) INFORMATION AS A MEANINGFUL INTERACTION WITH OTHERS 117
D) INFORMATION AS A DYNAMIC AND IRREGULAR PROCESS 118
D. CONCLUSION 119
END NOTES 122
CHAPTER THREE: FROM THE ANALYSIS/SYNTHESIS DICHOTOMY TO
SYSTEMS THINKING 126
A. INTRODUCTION 126
B. ANALYTIC MODELS AND METHODS 128
1. CUTTING SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES INTO PIECES 128
2. ANTI-METAPHYSICALISM 136
3. THE LIMITS OF ANALYTIC METHODS 144
C. COMPLEXITY AND SYSTEMS DYNAMICS 151
1. COMPLEXITY AND THE CYBERNETIC MODEL 151
2. THE SYSTEM IDEA 159
3. SYSTEMS THINKING 167
D. CONCLUSION 175
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END NOTES 177
CHAPTER FOUR: INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM 179
A. INTRODUCTION 179
B. THE NOTION OF INFORMATION 184
1. INFORMATION AS PATTERNS OF (SELF-)ORGANIZING MATTER AND ENERGY 184
2. INFORMATION AND CONTROL 194
3. THE THREE FACETS OF INFORMATION 215
C. THE DYNAMIC AND INTEGRATIVE NATURE OF HUMAN KNOWING220
D. WISDOM TO AND FRO AND BACK 233
1. THE DIKW (DATE, INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM) PROCESS 233
2. WISDOM IN DECISION-MAKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING 243
3. INSTITUTIONAL RATIONALITY 257
E. CONCLUSION 263
END NOTES 270
CONCLUSION 278
BIBLIOGRAPHY 295
APPENDIX 304
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