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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF EPISTEMOLOGY

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INTRODUCTION

A. Purpose of this book
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B. Introduction to the ideas in this book
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C.Summary of the ideas in this book
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D. IMPORTANCE FOR READING THIS BOOK
 1. NEW perspective to knowledge
 2. importance of knowledge for mankind
 3. importance of knowledge for life and awareness in general
 4. knowledge for knowledge sake
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CHAPTER 1 Epistemology history of

A. where the name came from
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CHAPTER 2 THE PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECT OF EPISTEMOLOGY

A. the current definition of epistemology
 1. the study of the theories of knowledge
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CHAPTER 3 WHAT IS A SCIENCE

A. DEFINITION of a science
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CHAPTER 4 EPISTEMOLOGY IS THE SCIENCE THAT STUDIES KNOWLEDGE

CHAPTER 5 WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE

A. DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHICAL DEFINITIONS
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B. VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC DEFINITIONS OF KNOWLEDGE
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C. A VAGUE GENERAL DEFINITION OF KNOWLEDGE
 1. a compound definition
 2. pragmatic -- useful
 3. produces or helps understanding
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CHAPTER 6. THE ONTOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE

A. HOW does knowledge exist
 1. def of ontology
 2. does it exist apart from the brain? 
 3. does nature have organizational(knowledge) properties
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B. when does it exist
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C. Where does it exist
 1. Is knowledge space dependent?
 2. Can it exist or be produced in some places and not in       others
 3. How might this be possible
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D. Why does it exist
 1. Imagine a world with knowledge
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E. Under what conditions does it exist
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CHAPTER 7. KNOWLEDGE AND ENTROPY

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CHAPTER 8 THE CONCEPT OF ALL KNOWLEDGE

A. KNOWLEDGE OF trivia
 1. What is trivia?
 2. Can we have knowledge of trivia
 3. Most common type of knowledge
 4. Why is it trivial?
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B. EPISTEMOLOGY THE STUDY OF ALL KNOWLEDGE
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C.OTHER TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE 
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CHAPTER 9.SIMPLICITY

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CHAPTER 10 KNOWLEDGE TRANSFORMATIONS

A. DEF OF A TRANSFORMATION
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B. DEF OF A KNOWLEDGE TRANSFORMATION
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C. EQUAL TRANSFORMATIONS --- SIMPLICITY
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CHAPTER 11. ALGORITHMS FOR PRODUCING KNOWLEDGE

A. WHAT IS AN ALGORITHM  
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B.WHAT IS A KNOWLEDGE ALGORITHM
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C.TABLE OF FACTS
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D. INTERRELATING KNOWLEDGE
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E. STRUCTURAL KNOWLEDGE
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CHAPTER 12. Concepts

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CHAPTER 13 Theocepts

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CHAPTER 14 Theoceptuums

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CHAPTER 15 Isotheocept A.

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SUMMARY

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

INDEX