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Personal and Experiential Worlds

The primary distinction:
the basis for Individuology

We all inhabit 2 very distinct, yet interlinked worlds.

First is our shared Experiential world, where we walk around every day, interact with specific individuals, eat, sleep, and work within many limitations, sometimes called the 'Real' world.

Second is each Individual's personally constructed model, or map of that common, shared world. We construct our personal conceptual worlds, or maps, based on our values, priorities, expectations, and projections. Driven by our personal curiosity and perceived needs we only capture those parts of our experiences that we are interested in, deleting the rest. Also due to imperfect senses, past memories, beliefs, current expectations, and projections, our private world or 'conceptual map' may be rather inaccurate.

Here's a simple illustration from an airport near me:

The common shared experiential reality (a picture)
Experiential Reality
Google Maps  Satellite view

Private Maps or Views (Conceptual Abstractions)

Google Mapview                                         Mapquest view.
Google Map View                        MapQuest


As our private maps get closer to the shared reality, our lives become more manageable.

World views

Area Cognitive Experiential
Impact Underwhelm, Overwhelm Proportional
Spectrum Black & White Colors
Numbers 0, 1 Percentages
Definitions Created solely in the mind. Direct experience, Time-Place Events
Examples Classes, Equations Individuals, Irregularities, Friction, Poop!
Thinking Technique Fit to Categories Fit to Realities
Thinking Method Category Logic Calculus of Individuals
Thinking Objects Categories Individuals
Proponents Aristotle George Kelley, John Gittinger, Bob Gorman
Mathematics Sets, Statistics Calculus of Individuals
Elements Pure Impure
Directionality All Reversible actions Many One-way operations
Scales Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio   +  Dynamic Threshold (Relative-Absolute)
Metaphysics Mental models Individual Realities
Epistemology Authority Experimentation
Thinking Rules Categories, Statistics Calculus of Individuals
Vocabulary All, None, Always, Never, Most, few, Obviously Him, her, it.

Last Updated: Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2011 6:06 PM
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