I XX
EE/evolutionary epistemology/Vollmer: Lorenz is the father of the evolutionary epistemology. Precursor: Donald Campbell, Popper, Lorenz.
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K. Popper, >
K. Lorenz
Two meanings: Popper: scientific theoretical: evolution of knowledge (interactionist, VsIdentity theory).
Lorenz: Evolution of cognition. (Identity theory).
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Identity theory.
I 16
Knowledge/history/quality/primary/secondary/Vollmer: with increasing progress more and more properties were recognized as subjective. - With Locke impenetrability was still a primary quality - today even expansion is not regarded anymore as a primary quality.
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Qualities, >
Primary qualities, >
Secondary qualities, >
Properties, >
J. Locke.
I 59
Epistemology: is not "reflection" of the outside world - but also not purely algorithmically.
In contrast Information/Lorenz embodied : E.g. hoof: "image" of the steppe soil - E.g. fin - "image" of the water.
VollmerVsLorenz: this is a misleading terminology.
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Comparisons, >
Comparability, >
Analogies.
Solution : texture of the hoof indicates texture of the soil.
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Evolution, cf. >
Coevolution.
I 73
Knowledge/Vollmer: its third level, scientific knowledge is not genetically determined - there are no "biological roots" of the space-time - we are only obliged to consistency - otherwise we are free in forming hypotheses.
I 173
Epistemology/tradition/VollmerVsKant: why do we have just these forms of intuition and categories? - How are they formed? - Why are we bound to these a priori judgments and not to others?
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Objectivity, >
Categorization, >
Classification, >
a priori, >
Judgements, >
Consistency.
I 294
Definition recognition: (1983
(1),30): an adequate reconstruction and identification of external structures in the subject
a) construct an internal image,
b) compare the model with the stored engrams,
c) determine in how far object corresponds to already known - for that memory is required - reconstruction is therefore not a reflection.
Our concept of knowledge is narrower than any concept of information.
Stegmüller: three-digit relation: the subject recognizes the object as image.
I 296
Recognize/Kutschera: the step from ignorance to knowledge.
Knowledge/Kutschera: only to explicate as true belief. - Neither truth nor subjectivity is gradable.
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Truth, >
Subjectivity, >
Knowledge.
I 310
Epistemology/Vollmer: Tasks: - explication of terms - investigation of our cognitive abilities, comparing different cognitive systems - distinction of subjective and objective structures, descriptive and normative statements, factual and conventional elements - clarification of the conditions for recognition - demonstration of limits of knowledge.
1.Gerhard Vollmer: Mesokosmos und objektive Erkenntnis. In: Konrad Lorenz, Franz M. Wuketis (Hrsg.): Die Evolution des Denkens. München 1983, S. 29–91.
