Maybe this will help explain why phenomenology uses the word "bracket" to mean decontextualization:
Contrast the sentences: *The grass is green.* with *"The grass is green."* In the former, there is no attribution -- no provenance -- for the assertion. It is analogous to what phenomenologists call "the natural attitude" toward the thought. In the later, the quotation marks "bracket" the thought -- indicating it is taken as phenomenon. The "context" of "the natural attitude" toward the thought is that of the thinker. The "context" of the phenomenologists toward the thought is that of the meta-thinker -- the thinker about the thought. This gets into what I tried to describe regarding the biased thermometer: The empirical scientist relies on treating his measurements in both the "contextualized" and "decontextualized" modes -- more so the latter case when the measurements don't fit with theory and one is attempting to invest limited cognitive resources in getting to the root of the disparity: "Extraordinary evidence..." and all that rot. On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 11:08 AM Quan Tesla <[email protected]> wrote: > JB wrote: "...because "bracketing > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracketing_(phenomenology)>" is a > technical term used in the context of phenomenology -- a technical term > referring to DEcontextualization, or rather, removing subjective > interpretation from experience." > > Say what? Erm, with regards to boundaried systems, a context is exactly > the "bracketing" of a system. As to "bias", please point me to any one > example of unbiased intelligence. > > Furthermore, I'm keenly interested in a scientific method with which to > remove "subjectivity" from a "biased" system without the loss of > functionality. > Not saying it cannot be done, but still challenging the merit of your > fairly-broad assertion. > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 9:25 PM James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I quoted "bracket" in the context of discussing the relationship between >> AIT and phenomenology because "bracketing >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracketing_(phenomenology)>" is a >> technical term used in the context of phenomenology -- a technical term >> referring to DEcontextualization, or rather, removing subjective >> interpretation from experience. The ultimate extreme of this, in machine >> learning terms, is to treat the incoming bits as pure bits subject _only_ >> to lossless compression by the _minimum_ UTM. Everyone keeps trying to >> contextualize the bits with their biases. The social constructivists and, >> less so, the radical constructivists are to blame for a lot of this >> confusion in the social sciences -- not just Popper. >> >> On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 9:32 AM John Rose <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Monday, November 15, 2021, at 9:50 AM, James Bowery wrote: >>> >>> The bits aren't "bracketed" so as to decontextualize their >>> interpretation and thereby free the interpretation from any biases. >>> >>> >>> JPG and PNG headers are the brackets in the bit stream. >>> >>> *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + > delivery options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> > Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T5ff6237e11d945fb-Md9c900a5477bb786a4bf521d> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T5ff6237e11d945fb-M9a2486e18704d7e225576fee Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
