| Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, Vol. 9, Iss. 1, Jan, 2005, pp. 37-60 @2005 Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences Mapping Knowledge to Boolean Dynamic Systems in Bateson s Epistemology Abstract: Gregory Bateson (1972, 1979) established an epistemology
that integrates mind and nature as a necessary unity, a unity in
which learning and evolution share fundamental principles and in
which criteria for mental process are explicitly specified. E42
is a suite of freely available Java applets that constitute an
online research lab for creating and interacting with simulations
of the Boolean systems developed by Kauffman (1993) in his study
of evolution where he proposed that self-organization and natural
selection are co-principles "weaving the tapestry of life."
This paper maps Boolean systems, developed in the study of
evolution, onto Bateson s epistemology in general and onto his
criteria of mental process in particular. Keywords: Epistemology, Bateson, knowledge, Boolean networks, mental process, logical operators, emergence, description, tautology, explanation, representation |