> FWIW, the foundation of it all is the act of making a distinction.
Agree. Distinctin is more like creating a new pattern, giving rise to dualism. But new term itself is a relative to old one. So old is always part of new if you compare else it is always complete if you don't. Douglas Hofstadter has done very good job with self-referential systesm in Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid.
Many easter philosophies particulary Indian advaita philosophy is an indeed great piece of work in this regard. But current model of science/mathematics is not much capable to describe abstract things and labled any such attempt as pseudo science. What I fear sometimes, science has become another RELIGION of new world as mentioned by Asimov in Foundation series. The beauty of science is not only knowledge but scientific approach and pursuing truth regardless of situation. We need to focus on developing these qualities in education else schools will become another religious institutes.
Philosophy of Mathematics is another interesting topic related to this.
> FWIW, the foundation of it all is the act of making a distinction.
Agree. Distinctin is more like creating a new pattern, giving rise to dualism. But new term itself is a relative to old one. So old is always part of new if you compare else it is always complete if you don't. Douglas Hofstadter has done very good job with self-referential systesm in Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid.
Many easter philosophies particulary Indian advaita philosophy is an indeed great piece of work in this regard. But current model of science/mathematics is not much capable to describe abstract things and labled any such attempt as pseudo science. What I fear sometimes, science has become another RELIGION of new world as mentioned by Asimov in Foundation series. The beauty of science is not only knowledge but scientific approach and pursuing truth regardless of situation. We need to focus on developing these qualities in education else schools will become another religious institutes.
Philosophy of Mathematics is another interesting topic related to this.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_mathematics
- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/philosophy-mathematics/