Understanding Knowledge Dynamics and Human Intelligence
Dynamic Knowledge
Knowledge is dynamic due to its characteristics: the individual’s limited knowledge and the changing nature of reality. Constraints include physical, biological, and social factors.
Idea of Progress
Progress is seen as improvement over time, a concept challenged by questioning if the future will always be better.
Knowledge and Revolution
Knowledge advances through revolutionary leaps, challenging existing paradigms. Normal science operates within a paradigm until anomalies lead to new paradigms.
Types of Time
- Psychological time: Subjective perception of time.
- Cosmological time: Objective, measurable time.
- Historical time: Time of human events.
Memory and Types
Memory is the ability to store and retrieve information. Long-term memory holds information for extended periods, while short-term memory retains information briefly.
What is Known? Reason and Experience
- Rationalism: Knowledge based on reason (Kant).
- Empiricism: Knowledge based on experience (Husserl).
What is Intelligence?
Intelligence is the mind’s capacity to know and develop through experience, influenced by learning, culture, motivation, relationships, and memory. It involves efficient and adaptive responses.
Rational Capacity
Reason is a key human characteristic, enabling understanding, change, and invention. Types include:
- Theoretical reason: Knowledge and judgment.
- Practical reason: Analysis of actions and values.
Products of Reason
Reason provides knowledge and possibilities, but also produces hypothetical realities and approaches the irrational.