That some-thing we call knowledge, and
are informed and ‘acknowledge’ or ‘recognise’ some-thing, is bound to cause, or
lead us, to some-thing else. Epistêmê is
often the Greek translatable of theoretical
knowledge, technê the practice or craft.“
The relation, then, between epistêmê and
technê in ancient philosophy offers an
interesting contrast with our own notions
about theory (pure knowledge) and (experience-based) practice. There is an intimate
positive relationship between epistêmê
and technê, as well as a fundamental
contrast.17” Here we have a contrast of views
and the seeds of plurality where we hold
comparative and contrasting views about
types. It is here that we have the relational object of experience of the other
opinionated object. We have the “coming
of consciousness” from “[t]he dawn state
correspond[ing] to the unconscious.18”
Epistemology,19 the philosophical study
of “subject or entity” of knowledge, with
what we know, how well do we know
or understand. What do we know of our
becoming then?
Ontology is essentially the study of being
and becoming, in categories of ‘what-ness’
or the Latin quidditas [the essence of a/the
thing becoming or ‘hair splitting’]. We justify
our knowledge about ‘subject or entity’
in scientific theory as epistemics. We have
today an epidemic of epistemics! This is
contiguous with epistemology in that pure
knowledge is central but incorporates
psychology, the cognitive sciences, and
now artificial intelligence and robotics:
Dave Bowman: Hello HAL.
Do you read me HAL?
HAL:
Affirmative, Dave.
I read you.
Dave Bowman: Open the pod
bay doors, HAL.
HAL:
I’m sorry, Dave. I’m
afraid I can’t do that.20
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/episteme-techne
Jung. C. G, AION: Researches into the Phenomenology of the
self, Routledge, first published in paperback 1991. The Collected
Works, Volume 9, Part II. P 148 Editors: Sir Herbert Read,
Michael Fordham, M.D., M.R.C.P, Gerhard Adler, PH.D.,
William McGuire executive editor. “The dawn-state corresponds
to the unconscious; in alchemical terms, it is chaos, the massa
confusa or nigredo; and by the means of the opus, which the
adept likens to the creation of the world, the albedo or dealbatio is
produced, the whitening, which is compared sometimes to sunrise.
It also means illumination, the broadening of consciousness that
goes hand in hand with the “work.” We move then from the
unconscious to degrees of self consciousness, or self conscious
awareness and self expression for good or ill.
19
James. F. Ferrier, 1856 http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_
text/Institutes_of_Metaphysic_1000357218/71
20
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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