ABSTRACT
The artificial world denotes human societies, institutions, and organization. It is partly nature, partly a product of social evolution, and partly a product of agency. It is described as a system with social, technological, and economic constraints to purposeful action, the things humans do to advance their interest and strive for utility.
The artificial world can’t be explained by singular basic principles. Logic comes in chunks, principles, mechanisms, or concepts that help make sense of things, but do not have the power to explain or predict with precision due to ever-present variability.
Technologies build on knowledge, which has three components. Ontology is the conception of the nature of things, what is real and what is not. Epistemology is to measure and produce data, and to evaluate relations. Dynamics is the understanding of how things work. Purposeful action depends on three basic constraints an actor faces: Do you know what to do? Can you do it? Do you want to do it?
