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The Nature of Form (Part 2)
| SERIES: The Nature of Form AUTHOR: Jim Schofield |
STRANDS: PHILOSOPHY / FORM |
ABSTRACT: This sequence of three papers considers the Nature of Form. First it concentrates on the quantitative aspect of Form, which is normally revealed by the pluralist Scientific Method and its corollary – Reductionism. The pragmatic patchwork of equations is criticised as not explaining things, and the quite distinct and philosophically different long established methods of Scientific Explanation are described , contrasted to, and related to the equations culminating Forms. In particular the Form usally called The Analogy – “from the known to the unknown” is explained as a more profound alternative to purely Quantitative Form. It is described as Qualitative Form and linked closely with Process, as distinct from Equations that are linked solely to Relation. |
SYNOPSIS: 1. The pluralistic method in USE. Constructed small worlds. 2. Equations as drivers of Reality – the idealist error. 3. Yet all such are limited in scope and in time. They are merely Formal descriptions. 4. The excuse of varying magnitudes, Puralistic Parts merely change in magnitude & significance, BUT are said to remain! 5. Yet Qualitative Change is not addressed. Plurality is OK in constrained, stable areas, but fails in crucial areas such as Evolution. 6. The Origin of Life is the Key Test! |
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