EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS (MIND)
The argument here, following an editorial extraction by the author of this post from George Spencer-Brown, Laws of Form: Evolution of Consciousness, is that a universe comes into being when a “Void” is severed by drawing a distinction. By tracing the way we represent such a severance, we can begin to reconstruct, with an accuracy and coverage that appear almost uncanny, the basic forms of Knowledge underlying linguistic, mathematical, physical, and the life sciences, and can begin to see how the familiar laws of our own experience follow inexorably from the original act of severance. The act is itself already remembered, even if unconsciously, as our first attempt to distinguish differences in a world where, in the first place, the boundaries can be drawn anywhere we please. The Void is not a mathematical or physical space, nor is it a “System” of any sort. It is the absence (Non-Existence) of any System, and thus it possesses no attributes of any kind, including emptiness. (Spencer-Brown, G. 1969. Laws of Form. 4th ed.
The foregoing brief perspective formulated as the mathematics of distinction has grown into a general candidate for an approach to a universal language for formal systems, multiboundary mathematics. Inherent to this latter is a Boundary Logic from which Boolean Logic is derivable as a special case and which is leading to a more powerful computer design. (Bricken, W. 2002. Boundary Logic from the Beginning. Private Publication. Saratoga, CA.: Boundary Institute; Bricken, W. 2004. The Advantages of Boundary Logic: A Common Sense Approach. Private Publication. Saratoga, CA.: Boundary Institute) Generally, taking a universal formal system as an axiom system with the property that any other consistent axiom system can be interpreted within it, the mathematics of distinction implies a mathematics of subsumption which, in turn, implies a Membership theory as a first step towards a universal language for mathematics. (Etter, T. 2006. Three-place Identity. Private Publication. Saratoga, CA.: Boundary Institute)
DESCRIBING KNOWLEDGE--DATA/INFORMATION, INTELLIGENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM
In the context of a description of Mind, the following distinctions regarding Knowledge can be made:
Data: bits of information such as lists (e.g. phone lists) or records in a database or spreadsheet
Information: data organized so that it can be communicated
Intelligence: Perceptual processes focused on syntactic patterning
Knowledge: Cognitive processes focused on semantic patterning
Wisdom: Valuational Decision processes focused on pragmatic patterning, i.e. Action Selection
(Steyn, J. (2001), “Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom”, Retrieved
DISTINGUISHING NATIVE vs. RURAL vs. METRO KNOWLEDGE IN PRACTICE:BEGINNING WITH NATIVE
Native American Center for Wellness Research
David A. Patterson, Silver Wolf (Adelv unegv Waya), PhD
Assistant Professor
Director, Native American Center for Wellness Research
The vision and mission of the Native American Center for Wellness Research (NACWR) have continued to develop and evolve since its beginning in 2007. With the help and direction from NACWR’s board of advisors, the Center now has three distinct focus areas. These focus areas, represented by our logo, are the Three Sisters: Corn, Beans, and Squash. We have been taught that all things are related and connected to each other. Our individual health and well-being is connected with the health of our environment. NACWR hopes to learn from and follow the Three Sisters design for healthy collaboration and growth. Through the Center we are focusing on following the idea of The Three Sisters and are building programs to: Keeping the Promise- Focus: To promote and enhance the educational experiences of Native American students so they aspire to have a positive impact in their communities. Advancing Community Health and Wellness through Scientific Inquiry-Focus: Through scientific evaluation and research, to evaluate and promote the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wellness of Native Americans. Promoting Peace and Social Justice-Focus: To actively create awareness of, promote and participate in community peace and social justice ceremonies.
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“Valuing Indigenous Knowledge”
First Annual Decolonizing Indigenous Health Research Conference
http://www.dihrc.org/The four themes of the conference:
- Knowledge Sharing
- Latest health disparity solution based research
- What academic educators and health-care providers need to know
- Community capacity-building
- Mentorship
- Cross-discipline linkages
- Financial and training supports for communities
- Health and Wellness
- Targeted health education trainings
- Best practices within Native and Indigenous communities
- From science to practice
- Traditional health techniques
- Seven Generations
- Developing forums for exchanging ideas
- Human protections during research
- Ethics, research and traditional knowledge
- Human rights
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