Pensamiento Adaptativo Aproximado

This essay introduces Pensamiento Adaptativo Aproximado (PAA)—Adaptive Approximate Thinking—as an epistemological framework for relating to reality. Its core concept is the indivisible unit of "information-approximation": the totality of perceptible and knowable data, which precedes and encompasses any partial selection, label, or theory. PAA posits that while fragmentation into categories is necessary for communication, it risks distortion when mistaken for the whole. The method emphasizes constant adaptation, contextual integration, and periodic reevaluation to maintain proximity to the unitary information-approximation. Principles include caution against rigid theorizing, the dynamic nature of knowledge, and learning as a process of re-approximation. Influences from process philosophy, philosophy of science, and Wittgensteinian language analysis are acknowledged, though PAA presents a distinct emphasis on the primacy of the un-fragmented perceptual whole as the primary reference for thought. [The complete essay is in Spanish.] This work is part of an expanding series of philosophical essays available and their expansions in the author's personal archive.