Therefore we introduce the formal concept of a prediction However, even the definition of knowledge as a generator of predictions is not general enough to cover the whole concept. Moreover, they may produce objects which produce objects which produce predictions, and so forth to any depth of the hierarchy of knowledge objectifications. This object, in its turn, is still too abstract for a direct verification. So we formally allow the existence of an empty piece of knowledge. Of course, if we can prove that a given object is an empty piece of knowledge we need not to regard it as knowledge at all.
True knowledge is an instrument of survival.
Knowledge is power. There is no criterion of truth other than the prediction power it gives. Since powers, like multidimensional vectors, are hard to compare, there is no universal and absolute criterion of truth. Home Metasystem Transition Theory Epistemology Up Prev.