The reality of knowledge : the ways in which life constructs reality so it can be known / George Towner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Towner, George.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

xi, 265 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Ways in which life constructs reality so it can be known

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 2011.

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.

Contents:

Known reality

Organisms

Constructing reality

Environmental reality

Organic realities

Knowledge

Human realities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page [256}-258) and index.

ISBN:

9780761854838

0761854835

OCLC:

713189189