tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910834.post1001591746265411285..comments2023-10-15T08:40:12.715-05:00Comments on Interdisciplinary World: What is a Liberal Arts Education?Troy Camplinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910834.post-15446725139849559822015-06-11T15:13:42.971-05:002015-06-11T15:13:42.971-05:00Yes, I would say that math and the natural science...Yes, I would say that math and the natural sciences only produce knowledge and do not produce understanding. The biggest problem is, in fact, the fact that they produces the illusion of understanding while only producing knowledge. <br /><br />And the social sciences, philosophy, and the humanities cannot produce knowledge. Because knowledge is particular, and one cannot understand the particulars of a system which is either as or more complex than yourself. You can only understand them, but never know them, because you cannot get outside of them to know them. Which is something you can in fact do with things less complex than yourself. <br /><br />Because science has theories, we think we have understanding, but in fact theories fall well within the realm of philosophy and are not really science in the empirical sense. We come to understand what we know through the theories we develop, that bring everything together. But you can neither prove nor disprove a theory, so they really fall within the realm of philosophy. Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910834.post-69300729191648268022015-06-11T12:11:28.884-05:002015-06-11T12:11:28.884-05:00Would you distinguish between "liberal arts e...Would you distinguish between "liberal arts education" and "liberal education"?Michael Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577316986024271354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910834.post-92225323194841266112015-06-11T12:09:37.744-05:002015-06-11T12:09:37.744-05:00"Math and the natural sciences are all realms..."Math and the natural sciences are all realms of knowledge-production. The social sciences, philosophy, and the humanities are all realms of understanding-production."<br /><br />So then you would say that math and the natural sciences do not produce understanding and the social sciences, philosophy, and the humanities do not produce knowledge? Why not include them all, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, philosophy, and the humanities as realms of knowledge production and understanding production?Michael Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577316986024271354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910834.post-21682195622233777572015-06-11T12:07:40.010-05:002015-06-11T12:07:40.010-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Michael Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577316986024271354noreply@blogger.com