OK, now we are running, so let's take the third theory, the third way of looking at the concept to
consider, let's call the theory theory and you see why.
So in the theory theory, we look upon the concept of concept, like in the same way you do in scientific
theorizing, I should say.
So concept stand in relation to one another in the same way as the terms of a scientific theory, and
categorizing is a process that strongly resembles scientific theorizing.
So what do we mean with that?
So if you take the typical loop in scientific theorizing here, so we started developing an abstract,
coherent system is zero theory.
So we have an idea about this, but then we make predictions and interpret and explain evidence using
that theory.
And then we experiment to test the theory of re-evaluated and see if it holds and when it's falsified,
then we seek alternatives and then we back in a loop again and then we go on in this loop.
So we all the time we try to evaluate and see if our theory holds.
And if it doesn't hold, then we make small adjustments to it and we try to predict things and then
we might make small adjustments to it and so on.
But we see that the theory is such will not be true in that very classical way.
It's something that for the moment is the most accurate one.
This is where we are right now in our knowledge acquisition, so to speak.
So often, right is someone that has worked a lot with this.
And he's saying that once he's in the if you have this type of theory about concepts, then you see
knowledge as a boat.
We perpetually rebuild as we sail.
So we are out on an open sea.
There are no shores, there are no harbors where we can actually stop and rebuild.
We try to rebuild this all the time and we still out this in this kind of sea of possible knownas acquisition
situations.
But there are problems with this as well.
The problem with this is that if this is the case, then the knowledge is very much unique for me.
And there is very hard to see if we can have any stability about knowledge at all.
So if concepts are theories that are ever evolving in each unique person, how could the two person
share the same concept?
So is there any way to actually communicate or be certain that we have communicated and that the knowledge
to have transferred from the to you or I I made it.
Actually, it's not the knowledge that is transmitting information, of course, that I've gained that
you have gained the knowledge that I that I hoped for.
Do we know we have the same concepts as yesterday?
So I had some knowledge yesterday.
If that is changing all the time, that knowledge will also be something that will be very unstable,
on unstable grounds.
And that might be the case, but it might be a problem for us as well.
So if we take it to the extreme, you see this and you screen its water, because for me, for some
reason, that is water.
Right.
And you can see that there will be a little bit problematic, at least to say maybe in that situation.
So it's the stability problem of the theory theory that is one problem for that.
So that was the third theory, as I said, we are now going to have a lecture on both going to mention
the fourth theory and then we're going to do a wrap up all those four theories and see if we can try
to combine them in some way, maybe to overcome the problems I get to, you know.