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Human knowledge as a special system
Author(s) -
Boulding Kenneth E.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830260202
Subject(s) - human brain , process (computing) , cognitive science , computer science , psychology , neuroscience , operating system
Human knowledge and the human learning process is a very special system, unique to the universe that we know about, and cannot be described in terms of any other system of which we are aware. Human knowledge is the result of the interaction of the human brain, artifacts, and the real world. It consists of structures within the human brain that are coded with information. The totality of human knowledge is a single system because human brains are genetically alike and the real world is fundamentally the same for all human beings. The processes by which the structures that constitute human knowledge in human brains are formed, i.e., human learning, are still very mysterious, and all that we know about human learning can be written in a few simple propositions.