Finite objectivism means that a thing is objective in and of only the degree that your own consciousness is aware of it --- not in the infinite sense that is the existence of the object beyond your awareness. When we know something as finitely objective we are either able to create laws from this knowledge about the phenomenon or go beyond and turn this thing into engineering blueprints and build something out of it that corresponds to an existence in reality. Because something is finitely objective, that entity does not merely exist in one's mind, but also has a known correspondence in the Universe. That is why we are able to engineer, because we have derived laws from it; we have knowledge about the phenomenon because of sound logic.
For example classical mechanics: If we want to build a car, we have to observe phenomenon from the Universe first, of which enter our mind and we come to know them. But this knowing is only a belief until we find evidence of such things. As in, if we find evidence of the classical physics governing a car, we then know what we know in our mind has a finite correspondence to an object in reality. In other words, through objectivism we find out that it is possible to acquire knowledge about reality.
Thus, the ontology of knowing goes like this:
Process of Understanding Nature
Understanding is cultivated by acquiring objective understanding of reality; as any objective understanding is understanding of laws have known correspondence to events that describe phenomenon.
1) Principal of Initiation: Becoming the observer.
The observer becomes aware of phenomenon. Attention and awareness brighten. Here, the newly born observer first becomes aware of the importance and mystical nature of the phenomenon hitting his senses. He or she becomes quiet and takes in this understanding of the surrounding data from all directions through all senses. This is the beginning of the mystical experience. In this stage the observer becomes aware of the grandiuer of the infinite subject, basking in its glory, yet without yet conscious understanding.
This is the Understanding of Data. This is the domain of the Mystic.
2) Principal of Acquisition: Construction of explanation regarding phenomenon.
The observer observes phenomenon. The observer tries to rationalize such phenomenon, and thus an understanding of the phenomenon enters the observers mind. This is the subjective understanding. At this point, the observer has no way of knowing whether his understanding corresponds to the properties of an event in the Universe. This is because even though the observer has observed the phenomenon, the properties and attributes of the event are infinite; thus since we as humans posses a finite awareness we may only come to know a finite understanding of the phenomenon through observance. This is where the observer acquires a belief or hypothesis that is defined as a lack of knowing; with knowing describing a confirmed belief.
The is the Understanding of Information. This is the domain of the Believer.
3) Principal of Experimentation: Observer tests understanding with experiment
Here is where the observer attains a complete sense of knowing that his finite understanding corresponds to the properties of the phenomenon as it occurs within the Universe. In order to come to know this understanding, the observer must test his understanding with an experiment. The make-up of the experiment should be such that it is able to first isolate or separate the phenomenon from any and all other phenomenon so that one has a keen understanding of the specifics of the most basic properties of the event. This is followed by the unification or merging of each individual piece of the phenomenon until one has a unified understanding of the entire event. Through this one attains confirmation or negation of one's hypothesis and thus comes to know one's understanding as correctly describing the phenomenon as it exists within the Universe to a finite degree (an objective degree). But of course we only say finitely objective anyways because some people have forgotten that all objectivity is referring to a finite understanding. This is where one creates the thesis (confirmed belief) or antithesis (negated belief).
This is the Understanding of Knowledge. This is the domain of Scientist.
4) Principal of Engineering: Observer builds devices from new understanding
This is where the observer must test his confirmed understanding (the thesis) through bringing his confirmed idea to application. In essence, since we already have been attained confirmation of one's belief through the thesis (as one cannot engineer with negative beliefs), here is where we test the boundary conditions of the thesis and have fun doing it. This can be called the application or hyperthesis of the new laws made from the laws governing the phenomenon (laws are the thesis). At this stage, one may engineer whatever one desires. But one should realize that always --- always --- when one engineers one is always at the center of the Universe. And so all engineering will always be done within your own Universe. It is important to note that this stage is optional, and is only there for those who wish to take part. Engaging in stage three is always considered one of great responsibility and maturity as it can respond with either great good or great evil.
This is the Understanding of Wisdom. This is the domain of Engineer.
5) This final stage is currently unknown in our society. I'm not sure what it entails, and so I will come back to this once I have found out for myself. Most likely at this stage one's knowledge becomes less and less finite ever approaching the infinite subjective, yet retains and transcends its capacity for Understanding of each stage prior. Actually, I believe this is the stage at which after attaining conscious, understanding of nature's phenomenon through separating and unifying together many many pieces of individual objective understanding, that one again, attains subjective awareness of reality as grandieur, yet from a conscious awareness of how things function. Thus, the Process of Understanding Nature is Cyclical: just like Nature! Repetition of the such process is Divine, as Understanding and the Awareness it brings "stacks", allowing one to spend a life time understanding nature in order to benefit from such understanding with newly acquired conscious understanding.
This is the Understanding of Enlightenment. This is the domain of the Philosopher.
Each stage is a holon of itself and the broader process of which encompasses it. This means that although we are describing the ever eternal objectification of reality from the unknown subjective --- noting that we are describing the evolution of finite understanding at describing the once unknown infinite as it progresses once again towards the infinite by piecing together multiple objective understandings to ever approximate the infinite in order to attain conscious understanding and awareness. Since each stage is a holon there is all of infinite depth, width and breadth to each stage of which one may apply the process and attain understanding of the process and each successive stage themselves; thus expanding the mystical, belief, scientific, engineering, and philosophical aspects of the cycle to much more Divine degrees (ability to be conscious of reality).
For example while one may simply observe the cycle in and of itself from a point of ignorance and not see the depth of the cycle, another may see the depth and paint a picture of the cycle or sculpt a statue describing the common or rare peak experiences associated with certain events that take place within the cycle. Yet remember, the Process of Understanding is an open source idea in that the process may be edited however one likes as it does not matter if one smears the Process --- since it too can be derived from Nature as an immortal process of understanding as means to attain conscious knowledge. Thus through having conscious awareness of the Source of the Process one may actually come to know the process better than the author of this blog --- and thus be able to add greater depth and breadth to the Beauty, Goodness, and Truth of the Process.
That is what the Process was meant for anyways!
So to finish, I will end with a speculation (an ignorance): It may be possible that entire civilizations, worlds and universes may be derived and thus consciously designed around the evolution of attained awareness that comes from, as well as understanding of the Process of Understanding. Yet I will acknowledge that Understanding is only one virtue --- there are many more of which include compassion, humanity, stillness, temperance, adventure, and happiness. Thus, I take the liberty to speculate that there are also other virtues of which to build Awareness from; of which one may then build conscious awareness from previous ignorance (ignorance transcends and embraces understanding).
Therefore, Nature possess a great Infinity of which to become conscious (possess an awareness) of!
QED.
Brant Knight
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