Dear Ken
Could you provide a trail for the connections between łtheory˛ and łgod˛?
Cheers
keith
On 10/03/2014 9:28 am, "Ken Friedman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Before closing, I should acknowledge that Klaus doesnąt use the term
>łtheory.˛ The term łtheory˛ originated in Greek, where the word łtheoria˛
>is linked to roots for the word łGod,˛ along with such words as
>łtheology,˛ and łenthusiasm.˛ Klaus feels that the term implies a
>godąs-eye view that suggests that we exist outside our theories, while he
>argues that we generate theories from within language and within human
>perspectives. I agree that human beings generate theories from within
>language and within human perspectives, but I propose that the distant
>etymological roots of the word łtheory˛ do not require us to take on the
>implications of Greek religious belief. In this sense, I argue that a
>theory is a model, and I propose that we are the creators of our models.
>The explicit relation between those models and that which we attempt to
>represent with models (or theories) is the subject of a large
>conversation.
>
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