Datonomy

Datonomy is the study of the “given”: the observations and remembered records available to a mind. It asks how such givens are organized into a coherent understanding of the world, and tends to treat non‑spatiotemporal speculations as outside productive inquiry.

Origins and stance

• Presented as an outgrowth of Sconism, emphasizing that minds work only with what reaches them through sense and memory.
• The label is used generically for this line of inquiry; a noted branch is Evenedrician datonomy.

Figures

• Saunt Evenedric is repeatedly cited in connection with datonomy and its development.

Typical concerns

• Cataloging the mind’s immediate givens (sensory inputs and remembered traces).
• Organizing those givens into a stable spatiotemporal model that tracks objects and events.
• Favoring interpretations that cohere with recorded evidence and mutually consistent testimonies.

Relevance

• Invoked when reasoning about how different kinds of minds might structure experience; some apply it to thinking about the Geometers.