philosophy

Contents:

Introduction
Section 1: Sorts of knowledge
Section 2: Ends (values) and disvalues of knowledge
Appendix: The Three Groups in this article

Introduction

This article is the first in a group of five about knowledge. It outlines the sorts of knowledge and the positive and negative values of knowledge.

The three articles after this one expand upon the positive and negative values.

Please note that this is still largely an outline of the intended article.

"When you make the mistake of adding the date to the right side of the accounting statement, you must add it to the left side too" - Accountant's maxim

"Form follows function" - Architect's maxim

"Measure twice, cut once" - Carpenter's maxim.

"I went off to college planning to major in math or philosophy-- of course, both those ideas are really the same idea." - Frank Wilczek (1951 - )

Contents

Introduction

Part One: Mathematics the product

Section n: Sorts of maths
Section n: Analyses of the sorts of

Contents

Introduction

Section n: Stasis and change
Section n: Entities subject to change
Section n: Modes of change
Section n: Orientations of change
Section n: Change and the individual
Section n: Change and groups
Section n: Change and the totality

Introductiom

The concept of change is clearly a very important one, yet philosophy has never come to grips with it in any very comprehensive or satisfactory way. The present essay is an attempt to work towards a synopsis of the concept of change.