How knowledge works:
You start with some existing knowledge (models/traditions/genes/memes).
Some of that contains problems (two parts contradict).
Try a modification to solve it.
Criticise to see if the solution works.
Modify as needed.
New problem.
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I'm not sure what you mean by "knowledge"; you cite "models/traditions/genes/memes," which I suspect all work in very different ways, and I'm skeptical that a theory that covers all of them can be detailed and concrete enough to be useful.
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The belief revision flowchart does seem very general. For instance, Jaynesian Bayesianism (ie LW rationalism) seems to fit the schema, with the caveat that it denies absolute contradictions and recognizes only "evidence against."
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