Our Methods of Understanding
Short documentary exploring Jim Schofield's philosophical diagram "The Processes and Productions of Abstraction" - it reveals how the process of abstracting from reality is a fundamental part of how we attempt to understand it, but how failing to recognise this can get us into trouble.
The diagram reveals a hidden bifurcation between the disciplines of Science and Mathematics, in which they can both complement and contradict each other. The dangers of relying on the purely abstract world of Maths Forms for answers becomes self evident, and is at the heart of a major philosophical flaw in modern Physics.
Have a closer look at the diagram here:
http://www.e-journal.org.uk/shape/ima...
http://theelectronicjournal.blogspot....
New film from Shape Journal on the Problem with Science:
• The Problem With Science
Music by Conflux
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