A New Division of Knowledge

[LatinasAreTheFuture]

real quick:

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A New Division of Knowledge
Alex Buckley

Dedicated to the Kiwi Farms

The purpose and necessity of this subject is straightforward: to distinguish human knowledge into two fundamental branches: the semiological (the study of signs and their tripartite nature) and the pragmatic (action and its outcome). We will follow Saint Aquinas1 in his division of knowledge into the speculative and the practical.

The nature and domain of semiology is that which has to do with meaning, relationships, and their interpretation. It concerns symbolic forms, sublime signs, and the process of semiosis. The goal of semiotics is the interpretation and understanding of the world through symbolic representation of these signs. It investigates the production of meaning-making and its transmission.

The subdivisions of semiotics are, and in procession, generally, as follows:

God
Nature
Theology
Philosophy
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
Biology

A complete expression of this series can be found in my New General Management.

There exists a transitory stage between the semiological and pragmatic forms of knowledge. These subjects contain elements of both models. They are as follows:

Sociobiology
Sociology
Language
Culture
Law

Pragmatic knowledge is that which is concerned with action, application, and the practical consequences of decisions. This philosophy does not need to understand why, it simply values results, utility, and tangible effects from the knowledge of what is. It wishes to decide outcomes and control behavior. It may employ knowledge in its pursuit, but it is not an exploration of that knowledge or an understanding of what that is.

The subjects of pragmatism are as follows:

Politics
Political Philosophy
Economics
Political Economics
Statecraft
Geopolitics
Ethics

While semiological understanding informs us of the natural world, pragmatism is that understanding in real-world contexts. Semiology is the theoretical and contemplative; pragmatic the active and practical: directing the application of these theoretical structures.

Both branches are necessary to our human lives. It would benefit us to acknowledge the self similarity between ourselves and the natural world.

References

1. Maurer, A. (1963) The Division and Methods of the Sciences, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Pontifical Institute 3rd Revised Edition

 

[Tablet County]

There's a writing thread you know.

 

[Syzyg]

God
Nature
Theology

How does the study of God differ from theology? And why are most of the subjects under pragmatism subsets of politics?

 

[LatinasAreTheFuture]

How does the study of God differ from theology? And why are most of the subjects under pragmatism subsets of politics?

It’s less the study of god and more the natural reality of what is. I kind of use god as a foundation for learning, but it itself is not accessible to learning. In my model I like to use sublime signs that are represented by symbols to convey what otherwise couldn’t be said. So god is the sublime sign that can’t be touched, but the stuff that glows off of him is accessible to our thought. Pragmatism is anything to do with practical action over thought. Pragmatism has its roots in semiology, but at this point it’s more important to act than to think.

Also, the sequence goes in that order because nature came before man. First was there was god, then nature, then man, then man’s understanding of nature. My model is very ontologically based, with each item arising out of the previous.

 

[I'm Retarded?]

this is just masturbatory semantics. what's the point?

 

[LatinasAreTheFuture]

second edition of this text:

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A New Division of Knowledge
Second Edition
Alex Buckley

Dedicated to the Kiwi Farms

The purpose and necessity of this subject is straightforward, to distinguish human knowledge into two fundamental branches: the semiological (the study of signs and their tripartite nature) and the pragmatic (action and its outcome). We will follow Saint Aquinas1 in his division of knowledge into the speculative and the practical.

The nature and domain of semiology is that which has to do with meaning, relationships, and their interpretation. It concerns symbolic forms, sublime signs, and the process of semiosis. The goal of semiotics is the interpretation and understanding of the world through symbolic representation of these signs. It investigates the production of meaning-making and its transmission.

The subdivisions of semiotics are, and in procession, generally, as follows:

God
Nature
Religion
Theology
Philosophy
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
Biology

A complete expression of this series can be found in my New General Management.

There exists a transitory stage between the semiological and pragmatic forms of knowledge. These subjects contain elements of both models. They are as follows:

Medicine
Psychology
Sociobiology
Sociology
Language
Culture
Law
Ethics

Pragmatic knowledge is that which is concerned with action, application, and the practical consequences of decisions. This philosophy does not need to understand why, it simply values results, utility, and tangible effects from the knowledge of what is. It wishes to decide outcomes and control behavior. It may employ knowledge in its pursuit, but it is not an exploration of that knowledge or an understanding of what that is.

The subjects of pragmatism are as follows:

Politics
Political Philosophy
Economics
Political Economics
Statecraft
Geopolitics

While semiological understanding informs us of the natural world, pragmatism is that understanding in real-world contexts. Semiology is the theoretical and contemplative; pragmatic the active and practical: directing the application of these theoretical structures.

Both branches are necessary to our human lives. It would benefit us to acknowledge the self similarity between ourselves and the natural world.

References

1. Maurer, A. (1963) The Division and Methods of the Sciences, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Pontifical Institute 3rd Revised Edition

 

[lolcow yoghurt]

Ah sweet, a skitzo thread

 

[I'm Retarded?]

>ignores criticism
>continues schizoposting
based

 

[LatinasAreTheFuture]

this is just masturbatory semantics. what's the point?

It’s actually really very important. The arrangement of our ideas in models will very greatly affect our view of the things those models represent. Galileo did this tremendously when he made the very simple change from:

The earth
Moon
Mercury
Venus
The sun
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn

Into:

The sun
Mercury
Venus
The earth
The moo
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn

Ya, it’s semantic. So what if the sun is actually the center of the universe? So what if knowledge is ordered the way my model suggests? The reason why we care is because the assumptions that these models generate and that which we rest upon will affect just about every other aspect of our lives. Notice how God is a central part of my model. Science, before, claimed to be absent of God. These things will matter and they will affect everything single thing that comes later.

An answer came to me, I didn’t know what to tell you before

 

[Syzyg]

Notice how God is a central part of my model. Science, before, claimed to be absent of God.

Isn't this a reinvention of the wheel at this point? Before the Enlightenment science (or its precursor) was subordinated to God as you have described. The fact that you appeal to St. Thomas Aquinas makes this even more self-evident.

What makes your formulation of this model distinct from that made by the scholastics and other similar-minded groups?

 

[LatinasAreTheFuture]

Isn't this a reinvention of the wheel at this point? Before the Enlightenment science (or its precursor) was subordinated to God as you have described. The fact that you appeal to St. Thomas Aquinas makes this even more self-evident.

What makes your formulation of this model distinct from that made by the scholastics and other similar-minded groups?

the semiology. i have an abstract mechanism. Also, those groups were stuck on a mind-body dualism, while i have a tripartite of signs/physics/virtual. My science can describe biology while the previous formulation cannot. my science wont get trapped in materialist or physicalist ways of thinking. Also, my science aims to soothe the existential problems that we face today from the death of god.

 

[LatinasAreTheFuture]

this edition has been updated to reflect the new organizing principles suggested by new general management.
In plain text:

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A New Division of Knowledge
Third Edition
Alex Buckley

Dedicated to the Kiwi Farms

The purpose and necessity of this subject is straightforward, to distinguish human knowledge into two fundamental branches: the semiological (the study of signs and their tripartite nature) and the pragmatic (action and its outcome). We will follow Saint Aquinas1 in his division of knowledge into the speculative and the practical.

The nature and domain of semiology is that which has to do with meaning, relationships, and their interpretation. It concerns symbolic forms, sublime signs, and the structure of semiotics. The goal of interpretation is an understanding of the world through symbolic representation of these signs. It investigates the production of meaning-making and its transmission.

The subdivisions of semiotics are, generally, and in preceding series, as follows:

God
Nature
Religion
Philosophy
Theology
Sets
Logic
Mathematics
Physics
Biology
Biophysics
Chemistry
Life

There exists a transitory stage between the semiological and pragmatic forms of knowledge. These subjects contain elements of both models. They are as follows:

Medicine
Pharmacology
Psychology
Sociobiology
Sociology
Language
Culture
Law
Ethics
Bioethics

A complete expression of these two series can be found in my New General Management.

Pragmatic knowledge is that which is concerned with action, application, and the practical consequences of decisions. This philosophy does not need to understand why, it simply values results, utility, and tangible effects from the knowledge of what is. It wishes to decide outcomes and control behavior. It may employ knowledge in its pursuit, but it is not an exploration of that knowledge or an understanding of what that is.

The subjects of pragmatism are as follows:

Politics
Political Philosophy
Economics
Political Economics
Statecraft
Geopolitics

While semiological understanding informs us of the natural world, pragmatism is that understanding in real-world contexts. Semiology is the theoretical and contemplative; pragmatic the active and practical: directing the application of these theoretical structures.

Both branches are necessary for our human lives. It would benefit us to acknowledge the self-similarity between ourselves and the natural world.

References

1. Maurer, A. (1963) The Division and Methods of the Sciences, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Pontifical Institute 3rd Revised Edition

 

[LatinasAreTheFuture]

Here's an updated edition of the text.

In plaintext:

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A New Division of Knowledge
Fourth Edition

Alex Buckley
Central Organizer of New General Management

10/20/24-6/3/25

Dedicated to the Kiwi Farms

The purpose and necessity of this subject is straightforward, to distinguish human knowledge into two fundamental branches: the semiological (the study of signs and their tripartite nature) and the pragmatic (action and its outcome). We will follow Saint Aquinas1 in his division of knowledge into the speculative and the practical.

The nature and domain of semiology is that which has to do with meaning, relationships, and their interpretation. It concerns symbolic forms, sublime signs, and the structure of semiotics. The goal of interpretation is an understanding of the world through symbolic representation of these signs. It investigates the production of meaning-making and its transmission.

The subdivisions of semiotics are, generally, and in preceding series, as follows:

God
Creation
Nature
Philosophy
Science
Sets
Logic
Mathematics
Physics
Computation
Artifacts
Biology
Biophysics
Chemistry
Life

There exists a transitory stage between the semiological and pragmatic forms of knowledge. These subjects contain elements of both models. They are as follows:

Theoretical Horticulture
Medicine
Pharmacology
Psychology
Sociobiology
Sociology
The Humanities
The Economy of Thought
Language
Names
Culture
Law
Ethics

A complete expression of these two series can be found in my New General Management. Further, a series exists between life and theoretical horticulture, extending from astrobiology to computational life.

Pragmatic knowledge is that which is concerned with action, application, and the practical consequences of decisions. This philosophy does not need to understand why, it simply values results, utility, and tangible effects from the knowledge of what is. It wishes to decide outcomes and control behavior. It may employ knowledge in its pursuit, but it is not an exploration of that knowledge or an understanding of what that is.

The subjects of pragmatism are as follows:

Politics
Political Philosophy
Economics
Political Economics
Statecraft
Geopolitics

While semiological understanding informs us of the natural world, pragmatism is that understanding in real-world contexts. Semiology is the theoretical and contemplative; pragmatic the active and practical: directing the application of these theoretical structures.

Both branches are necessary for our human lives. It would benefit us to acknowledge the self-similarity between ourselves and the natural world.

References
1. Maurer, A. (1963) The Division and Methods of the Sciences, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Pontifical Institute 3rd Revised Edition