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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