title: Mapping knowledge to boolean dynamic systems in Bateson's epistemology.
abstract: Gregory Bateson (1972, 1979) established an epistemology that integrates mind and nature as a necessary unity, a unity in which learning and evolution share fundamental principles and in which criteria for mental process are explicitly specified. E42 is a suite of freely available Java applets that constitute an online research lab for creating and interacting with simulations of the Boolean systems developed by Kauffman (1993) in his study of evolution where he proposed that self-organization and natural selection are co-principles "weaving the tapestry of life." This paper maps Boolean systems, developed in the study of evolution, onto Bateson's epistemology in general and onto his criteria of mental process in particular.
authors.affiliation: University of Utah, Department of Psychology, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. malloy@pscyh.utah.edu
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Malloy
authors.forename: Gary C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D007858:Learning; D008128:Logic; D008606:Mental Processes; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D019368:Nature; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D012984:Software; D013850:Thinking