All knowledge in any area of study is limited or constrained by the assumptions of a given social (involving people) temporal (point in time) context. The boundaries of what is known is composed of the fundamental, often implicit, assumptions that are made about "how the world really is" until these boundaries change. These boundaries are in a sense permeable (open to new information) and malleable (can change in various ways as a result of that information). As information is accessed or revealed through experimentation, serendipity, etc., new boundaries emerge.
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Not sure what your question is here, but your assumption is right. In the philosophical tradition, you can find many leads for this, but if you are interested in the psychological perspective, ecological psychology may be of help. James Gibson's affordance theory may help you to substantiate your ideas I guess. hope this helps. vincent
No real question here, was just hoping for others to share thoughts and perspectives on the general idea
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