Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
Author(s): Amita ChatterjeeSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Presa Universitara Clujeana
Keywords: knowledge; information; naturalism; cognitivism; analytical epistemology; situated knowledge
Summary/Abstract: An unjustified criticism of dehumanizing human nature was raised with the advance of naturalist and cognitivist approaches to deciphering mental functioning. In reality, the “seed” of evil was sowed long before in the deep soil of analytical epistemology. A fresh way of looking at these approaches is proposed by “the new design argument” inspired by the concept of “situated knowledge” anticipated by Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty. The knowledge lost in the sea of knowledge is to intimately couple the brain, its body and the environment in which it is situated, reconceptualizing therefore the entire knowledge scenario.
Journal: International Journal on Humanistic Ideology
- Issue Year: III/2010
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 49-58
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English