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Re: [OM] OT Philosophy (was) OM4Ti Failure [long]

Subject: Re: [OM] OT Philosophy (was) OM4Ti Failure [long]
From: Jim Brokaw <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 23:16:36 -0800
on 1/22/02 1:31 PM, John A. Lind at jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I digress to a more contemporary view of Aristotle's aitiai:
> 
> John's Cognition Taxonomy:
> 1.  Data:  a seemingly organized and purposefully created set of
> objects.  Example:  Egyptian heiroglyphics prior to discovery of the
> Rosetta stone and ability to decipher them.
> 2.  Information:  Facts.  If I give you my street address and you
> comprehend what it is, I have communicated information.
> 3.  Knowledge:  Process and procedure.  If I give you sequential
> instructions for traveling from your current location to my street address,
> I have communicated knowledge.
> 4.  Understanding:  The Big Why!  If I explain the reasons for living at
> that street address and my rationale for choosing it, I have communicated
> understanding.  This is the *one* element that requires interaction (past
> or present) with an environment.

I thought you just wanted to live where the taxes were lower and the
neighbor's security lights didn't block out all the stars...


;-)

-- 

Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney... 


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