Epistemology Rules
Existence Exists The first Axiom.
This is the foundation of philosophy ...Understanding the nature of where we are and who we are.
This contains 2 Primary corollaries:
1. That existence exists whether or not we are aware of it. (Metaphysics)
2. We exist with a consciousness of a certain nature which enables us to be aware of existence. (epistemology)
This is the NLP acknowledgement of these facts.
The territory (existence) is not the map (Our conscious representation of that fact)
The Concept "unit" is a bridge between Metaphysics and Epistemology.
The basic units of existence are entities (Concretes out there)(Metaphysics)
The basic units in consciousness that substitutes for an entity in our consciousness are concepts.
A concept is the unit of representation in the mind, that represents (substitutes for) concrete entities in existence.
Concepts are defined as:
Two or more units of existence (referents), are selected by their similar attributes, but which are also are different as well in some attributes.
The similar attribute which is selected is called a CCD (Conceptual Common Denominator)
The measurements of the particular referents are discarded.
Then the similarities are retained as the characteristics which will define the new concept.
A word (symbol) is chosen to represent the concept.
A Definition is created (derived from the referents) which is a minimal (not exhaustive) description of the concept .
In this way concepts can be considered as a chunking process.
Allowing a lot of information be represented by a small coded form.
For example the concept "man" represents all the referents of all men ever alive or to be alive with just 3 characters of the alphabet.
Much better compression than a picture for instance, which would require a lot more storage for the same representation.
A word about representation is in order here.
Metaphysically men exist.
The concept man, represents this (concrete) metaphysical (man) in our consciousness (in a sensory mental representational form).
This concept can exist as
1. Mental representation ...
3. Written ........ Represented Visually. For more permanent communication. This might be thought of as Speech made visible.
4. Modified ....... By changes to the attributes of the concept.
Also Concepts
5. Can be combined with other concepts, and then exist as part of a larger concept.
6. Can become reduced to it's conceptual components, or attributes, which themselves can be concepts.
7. Are the the units representing existence; so they can be grouped together to represent existence (language).
8. Concepts are the key to man's existence as man qua man (man as man can be) (Self Actualization)
Philosophy, science and Life
What do you know and how do you know it?
What do you know and how do you know it?
Existence Exists The first Axiom.
This is the foundation of philosophy ...Understanding the nature of where we are and who we are.
This contains 2 Primary corollaries:
1. That existence exists whether or not we are aware of it. (Metaphysics)
2. We exist with a consciousness of a certain nature which enables us to be aware of existence. (epistemology)
This is the NLP acknowledgement of these facts.
The territory (existence) is not the map (Our conscious representation of that fact)
The Concept "unit" is a bridge between Metaphysics and Epistemology.
The basic units of existence are entities (Concretes out there)(Metaphysics)
The basic units in consciousness that substitutes for an entity in our consciousness are concepts.
A concept is the unit of representation in the mind, that represents (substitutes for) concrete entities in existence.
Concepts are defined as:
Two or more units of existence (referents), are selected by their similar attributes, but which are also are different as well in some attributes.
The similar attribute which is selected is called a CCD (Conceptual Common Denominator)
The measurements of the particular referents are discarded.
Then the similarities are retained as the characteristics which will define the new concept.
A word (symbol) is chosen to represent the concept.
A Definition is created (derived from the referents) which is a minimal (not exhaustive) description of the concept .
In this way concepts can be considered as a chunking process.
Allowing a lot of information be represented by a small coded form.
For example the concept "man" represents all the referents of all men ever alive or to be alive with just 3 characters of the alphabet.
Much better compression than a picture for instance, which would require a lot more storage for the same representation.
A word about representation is in order here.
Metaphysically men exist.
The concept man, represents this (concrete) metaphysical (man) in our consciousness (in a sensory mental representational form).
This concept can exist as
1. Mental representation ...
that is stored as a visual representation in memory,
Along with an auditory memory of the sound of the word which represents it in the auditory memory,
and a visual memory of the word man as it looks when written,
along with the meaning attribute of the definition
along with a meaning attribute which is determined by contextual components.
2. Spoken ........ Auditory representation. Speech ...... used for brief communication.along with a meaning attribute which is determined by contextual components.
3. Written ........ Represented Visually. For more permanent communication. This might be thought of as Speech made visible.
4. Modified ....... By changes to the attributes of the concept.
Also Concepts
5. Can be combined with other concepts, and then exist as part of a larger concept.
6. Can become reduced to it's conceptual components, or attributes, which themselves can be concepts.
7. Are the the units representing existence; so they can be grouped together to represent existence (language).
8. Concepts are the key to man's existence as man qua man (man as man can be) (Self Actualization)
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