walk-and-talk: DIKW pyramid/hierarchy
I walk in and around a park with my dog, talking about the the DIKW (Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom) class of models, eventually relating this to machine-centric science.
DIKW pyramid / DIKW hierarchy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIKW_pyramid
"Data becomes information when it is stored *in* a given *formation*."
From B. Fong and D. I. Spivak, “Seven Sketches in Compositionality: An Invitation to Applied Category Theory,” Ch. 3 - Databases, arXiv, Oct. 12, 2018. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.1803.05316.
"There are only three things we can do with data. We can accrete data by adding it to an existing collection, reduce data by discarding information from an existing collection, or reshape data by placing it in a different kind of collection."
From Z. Tellman, *Elements of Clojure*, Ch. 4 - Composition. Monee, IL: Lulu.com, 2019.
types of information: situational, methodological, philosophical (epistemological, axiological, ontological)
From Dorian Taylor, "2022-05-11 types of information", (May 11, 2022). Accessed: Sep. 27, 2022. [Online Video]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNUNgZ6RTmQ
Inductions vs deductions vs abductions
Informed by M. K. Bergman, A Knowledge Representation Practionary: Guidelines Based on Charles Sanders Peirce. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-98092-8.
"programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute."
From preface to first edition (and included in subsequent editions) of H. Abelson, G. J. Sussman, and J. Sussman, *Structure and interpretation of computer programs*, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
"Data becomes information when it is stored *in* a given *formation*."
From B. Fong and D. I. Spivak, “Seven Sketches in Compositionality: An Invitation to Applied Category Theory,” Ch. 3 - Databases, arXiv, Oct. 12, 2018. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.1803.05316.
"There are only three things we can do with data. We can accrete data by adding it to an existing collection, reduce data by discarding information from an existing collection, or reshape data by placing it in a different kind of collection."
From Z. Tellman, *Elements of Clojure*, Ch. 4 - Composition. Monee, IL: Lulu.com, 2019.
types of information: situational, methodological, philosophical (epistemological, axiological, ontological)
From Dorian Taylor, "2022-05-11 types of information", (May 11, 2022). Accessed: Sep. 27, 2022. [Online Video]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNUNgZ6RTmQ
Inductions vs deductions vs abductions
Informed by M. K. Bergman, A Knowledge Representation Practionary: Guidelines Based on Charles Sanders Peirce. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-98092-8.
"programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute."
From preface to first edition (and included in subsequent editions) of H. Abelson, G. J. Sussman, and J. Sussman, *Structure and interpretation of computer programs*, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.