Chapter 28

General Structure of Knowledge (no*→ vf and vf*→ no)

Chapter Summary

In this chapter, we present a matrix approach to the uneven flow of knowledge in social and cultural settings. Based on the fact that knowledge is always in a state of transition and flows from one or more social or a natural source(s) to one or more receptors, the delay and dispersion of knowledge is related to the media characteristics represented as a matrix. The source and receptor characteristics also play a part in the communication of one element of knowledge (symbolized as a kel). These kels being of any size and nature can be integrated in a coherent and cogent fashion to make microscopic or macroscopic bodies of knowledge in organized, structured, and sensible ...

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