Peter,
Perhaps its any port in a storm so to speak. Dualism is an anachronistic
concept which has at its base either/or, in a world which is one globe with
people who are whether they like it or not, connected through the commonality
of their physical makeup (demonstrated in their ability to procreate with each
other regardless of differences of any kind other than gender and even this
distinction is under question) and connected through the reality of the effects
of what has been termed Chaos theory; so reconciling diverse processes and
understandings by finding a hierarchy or even reconciling two methods by
synthesising reason and experience and calling it knowledge production still
disenfranchises other knowledge. Humans are great storytellers - everywhere.
Every storyteller in every culture sets up an agreement with the listeners that
implies an effort on their part to hear and understand the story. Whatever the
methods to create knowledge, including tradition, habit, religion,
experimentation, play, guess, and of course the intellect and experience, and
more, looking for the WAY to KNOWLEDGE becomes far less important (in my
opinion) than learning to LIVE WITH many narratives all of which have their own
symmetry and aesthetic.
Jan Coker
C3-10 Underdale
University of South Australia
+61 8 8302 6919
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Relativity teaches us the connection between the different descriptions of one
and the same reality
Albert Einstein
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From: Peter J. Walters [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, 17 September 2004 5:48 PM
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Subject: DDR4 and Dualism
Jan - Absolutely - Knowledge comes through the systhesis of reason and
experience. That's how Kant sought to resolve Cartesiam dualism. Perhaps Kant
holds the key to resolving the dualism in design research. I think that's where
John Chris Jones was heading at DDR4 when he said:
'If reason comes first and intuition second, then intuition declines to come'
Best
Peter
Peter Walters
PhD Student
Sheffield Hallam University
http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/cs/cri/adrc/research2/peterwalters
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