Abstract
In this article, the author utilizes a theoretical approach to discuss the complexity of digital networks and the necessary cognitive adaptations humans need to process the amount of information shared over them. Several propositions are discussed including fuzziness, conscious Ideation, knowledge networks, idea structures, and idea coercion. It is theorized that ideas make up our consciousness and provide a more open definition to the experiences that combine the cognitive process. However, the fuzziness of uncertainty also raises ideas of its essential factor in our conscious exploration and that fuzziness of knowledge does not make knowledge obsolete. This posits that there is no absolute or universal truth, but rather perceptions of concepts that we make sense of to guide our idea structure. Although consciousness acts as its own entity, it isn’t to be separated from body or mind as the emotions of the human experience can coerce the cybernetics of consciousness. To handle the dilemmas of knowledge networks, the author suggests the arts to act as records of idea structures and provide a visual representation of the mapping of the consciousness-net.
Preservation Process
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Recommended Citation
Angel, Wendy
(2000)
"IdeaConsciousness NetWorks,"
SWITCH: Vol. 15:
No.
1, Article 13.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/switch/vol15/iss1/13