Yes!
There is no knowledge that is not potentially scientific knowledge.
On Oct 17, 2010, at 10:42 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
I would like, if only as a matter of principle, to rise to the
defense of all those techno-barbarians on the list who cannot find
voice to defend themselves, but I can only say that …
IF there is something valuable in fiction, if it indeed fosters or
transmits knowledge,
Then fiction is a potential method in scientific psychology.
To twist Stephen J. Gould’s words a bit: They are Overlapping
Magisteria.
There is no knowledge that is not potentially scientific knowledge.
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
Clark University
http://home.earthlink.net/nthompson
http://www.cusf.org
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Steve Smith
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 9:10 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Art is a Lie
Peter -
Well said...
and in a single short paragraph with a single eloquent quote...
- Steve
A’propos Ten Best Texts as fiction. I’m sure no one at Friam holds
to the techno-barbarian view that nothing valuable can be gained
from fiction. In my opinion the important human values can be
illuminatedonly by fiction. After all, the King James Bible (1611)
is about the best thing in fiction the English have ever done.
When told that his work was “untrue”, Pablo* agreed, remarking: “Art
is a lie that helps us see the truth”.
This seems a valuable insight.
*Pablo Picasso (1887 – 1968): Sp., Fr. painter. Developed cubism
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