John Benjamins Publishing Company
Radical Empiricism, Empirical Modelling and the nature of knowing
Abstract
This paper explores connections between Radical Empiricism (RE), a philosophic attitude developed by William James at the beginning of the 20th century, and Empirical Modelling (EM), an approach to computer-based modelling that has been developed by the author and his collaborators over a number of years. It focuses in particular on how both RE and EM promote a perspective on the nature of knowing that is radically different from that typically invoked in contemporary approaches to knowledge representation in computing. This is illustrated in detail with reference to the modelling of several scenarios of lift use. Some potential implications for knowledge management are briefly reviewed.
Abstract
This paper explores connections between Radical Empiricism (RE), a philosophic attitude developed by William James at the beginning of the 20th century, and Empirical Modelling (EM), an approach to computer-based modelling that has been developed by the author and his collaborators over a number of years. It focuses in particular on how both RE and EM promote a perspective on the nature of knowing that is radically different from that typically invoked in contemporary approaches to knowledge representation in computing. This is illustrated in detail with reference to the modelling of several scenarios of lift use. Some potential implications for knowledge management are briefly reviewed.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- About the authors ix
- Introduction 1
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Articles
- Making faces with computers 9
- Perceptual recalibration in sensory substitution and perceptual modification 29
- Distributed processes, distributed cognizers and collaborative cognition 47
- Robotics, philosophy and the problems of autonomy 61
- Technology and the management imagination 79
- Information and mechanical models of intelligence 109
- Is cognition plus technology an unbounded system? Technology, representation and culture 127
- Radical Empiricism, Empirical Modelling and the nature of knowing 155
- Index 185
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- About the authors ix
- Introduction 1
-
Articles
- Making faces with computers 9
- Perceptual recalibration in sensory substitution and perceptual modification 29
- Distributed processes, distributed cognizers and collaborative cognition 47
- Robotics, philosophy and the problems of autonomy 61
- Technology and the management imagination 79
- Information and mechanical models of intelligence 109
- Is cognition plus technology an unbounded system? Technology, representation and culture 127
- Radical Empiricism, Empirical Modelling and the nature of knowing 155
- Index 185
