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Knowledge

2009-04-20T18:17:20Z

Meaning Master:

Knowledge is a product of consciousness: it is the sum of one's identifications retained in some form. Or, in Ayn Rand's words, knowledge is "a mental grasp of a fact(s) of reality, reached either by perceptual observation or by a process of reason based on perceptual observation" (ITOE 35).

V0 KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge is the root of the hierarchy of psycho-epistemological
differential integration.

Knowledge is what one holds as a mental representation of
reality. As per AR, "a mental grasp of a fact(s)of reality."

Knowledge may refer to objects or relations that are true or
false, abstract or concrete.

Derivatively, a portion of knowledge exists as expository
references retained on media in archives and libraries, etc.

KNOWLEDGE HAS FOUR PRIMARY DIVISIONS
Within these Four Divisions, all other concepts are subsumed.
They are all inclusive, extensive and unlimited.

V1 IDEAL (Reference)

V2 REFERENCE

Reference is the constituent means of knowing.

Reference substantiates identity by labeling percepts,
concepts or units with words, audio-visual symbols of meaning.

Knowledge is Reference; because Reference ...
provides a perceptual handle by forging word-idea
associations, which serve as the means to retain and
recollect the contents of ones mind.

Subcategories of reference include: definition,
description, classification, categorization,
natural and algorithmic languages, etc.

V3 REASON (Reference)

V4 REAL (Reference)

User talk:Meaning Master

2009-04-12T21:30:48Z

Meaning Master: An example of simple matters made complex.

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== Known or not Known? That is the question. ==
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The thing that puzzles me about the Main Page is how one is to view those items listed that hold a superordinate or coordinate status with the category of Knowledge.

Is one to consider these items as (un)knowns or a type of (not)knowns.

However, I wonder how they became known considering that they do not fall within the category of the known.

Listing of what is presumed to be known outside of the category of Knowledge seems somehow inexplicable to me.

Who can shed some light upon this negative complimentary realm which stands juxtaposed to the known? I would enjoy hearing an explanation.

I would especially like to know what you know (or more precisely what you know not) of these peculiar heirarchical predications, which are excluded, indicated by placement on this listing, from being differentia of Knowledge.

Eagerly awaiting a reply,

Meaning_Master

Knowledge

2009-04-11T23:33:31Z

Meaning Master: Knowledge begins and ends with Reference.

Knowledge is a product of consciousness: it is the sum of one's identifications retained in some form. Or, in Ayn Rand's words, knowledge is "a mental grasp of a fact(s) of reality, reached either by perceptual observation or by a process of reason based on perceptual observation" (ITOE 35).

V0 KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge is the root of the hierarchy of psycho-epistemological
differential integration.

Knowledge is what one holds as a mental representation of
reality. As per AR, "a mental grasp of a fact(s)of reality."

Knowledge may refer to objects or relations that are true or
false, abstract or concrete.

Derivatively, a portion of knowledge exists as expository
references retained on media in archives and libraries, etc.

V1 REFERENCE
Reference is the constituent means of knowing.

Reference substantiates identity by labeling percepts,
concepts or units with words, audio-visual symbols of meaning.

Knowledge is Reference; because Reference ...
provides a perceptual handle by forging word-idea
associations, which serve as the means to retain and
recollect the contents of ones mind.

Subcategories of reference include: definition,
description, classification, categorization,
natural and algorithmic languages, etc.

IN ADDITION TO BASIC REFERENCE,
KNOWLEDGE HAS THREE RELATED PRIMARY DIVISIONS

V2 IDEAL (Reference)

V3 REASON (Reference)

V4 REAL (Reference)

Within these Four Divisions, all other concepts are subsumed.
These divisions of knowledge are all inclusive, extensive and unlimited.

(Those details are left, as an exercise, to the readers.- BV)