[beaconstudios]

There's existing terminology for this idea. Rationalists are positivists and meta-rationalists are constructivists. These are terms from the philosophy of science, and directly relate to how one treats the map-territory relationship.

They also relate directly to the philosophies of materialism and emergentism.

[fouc]

Those two terms don't seem to map like you suggest? Doing good science is basically the same as solving Bongard problems. Good positivist science relies on meta-rationality.

[beaconstudios]

Yes, Bongard problems are synonymous with the process of creating mental models, which is the process of science. Logical positivism and constructivism are both scientific - constructivism is a superset of positivist tools and better accommodates systemic/emergent properties.

Positivism is analytic/materialist, which is to say that it purports that you can understand a thing by understanding the behaviour of its smallest pieces. This denies emergent properties, which cannot be understood from the parts. Constructivism allows for multiple distinct (ie, irreconcilable) models to be used in reference to the same subject, depending on the properties that are of interest. It does not require all models to be reconciled into a hierarchy.