Posted by Craig Maudlin on March 17, 1998 at 11:55:35:

In Reply to: Hearing poetry, reading poetry, and storing poetry are different medias with different meanings... posted by Mezei on March 16, 1998 at 22:13:23:

Thanks, Don. You pose a key question: "But in the final analysis, the question must be, why call anything info and data?" Your question reminds me that there are certainly many different reasons for adopting a given terminology.

We should realize our purposes here might be somewhat different. I can imagine there would be situations in which the distinctions you propose would be quite workable. But I can also imagine situations in which they might be inhibiting.

For example, while there is a limited sense in which I agree with your statement that "Knowledge can only exist within the human medium," you and I may differ somewhat as to what that really means.

Our views may differ in a way similar to that Sveiby describes as 'object' vs 'process' oriented perspectives on knowledge.

I do think that the presence or absence of 'knowledge' is a strictly a matter of human interpretation. So in that sense I agree with your statement.

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