Hi Mark,
This all sounds very promising to me, and I am glad you are posting
this on
Frank's site.
I am not completely convinced, but I like your approach a lot. But
I am not
sure that the four strands break into the four quadrants exactly
(e.g., there
are many injunctions that are almost purely Upper Left: vipassana,
for
example, and contemplative prayer). And Popperian rebuff can occur
with data
from any quadrant.
Also, remember that for me, all referents exist in a worldspace
(the Lower
Left), so that all data always come with an interpretive component
(so the
Lower Left is not getting left out; it is built into all data; and
thus a
postmodern component is built into all knowing).
When we make conscious interpretations, that is just another,
distinct round
of application of the three strands, applied to data generated in
the first
round (so I have a cycle of knowledge as well).
Still, I think what you are doing is one way to relate the modes of
knowing,
levels of knowing, and verification procedures, and it certainly
deserves a
careful hearing. Thanks very much for this thoughtful feedback.
Best,
Ken
September, 1999
