On 19.06.2019 13:15, adasal wrote:
> Do you mean "ascribed"?
>
Probably a better phrasing. Mainly he wanted to prevent people from
mining at the symbol level for knowledge nuggets.
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> "Or take the point of view of Newell, 1982. Knowledge is **ascribed**
> to an agent by an observer that applies the concept of (bounded)
> rationality to explain [its] **the agent's** ability in achieving goals.
>
> What about more than one observer and, or, subject?
>
Then you have several knowledge level descriptions and the process of
agreement starts. Obviously, it is a very interesting question on why
and how do subjects agree on an object and its description and what is
the essence of it.
> What about the observer who is the subject of their own observations?
>
Well, for fundamental reasons it will always be quite a limited
description as long as a you keep infinity such as the Hilbert hotel out
of the game.
>
> Anyway, the main issue here is that it is possible to abstract
> knowledge as information and then extract knowledge from that
> information later. There are times, parties and places (changing
> contexts) involved in this.
>
Knowledge may be a much more fluffy concept than you may expect.
>