#TTCA (The Two Cultures Again) --- SynTalk
SynTalk6 Syys 2014

#TTCA (The Two Cultures Again) --- SynTalk

SynTalk thinks about the ‘sciences’ and the ‘humanities’, and speculates on the genesis, present and the future of this dichotomy. Is the 1959 Rede lecture of CP Snow still relevant, or have changes of knowledge systems & technology made the concern banal? The concepts are derived off / from Copernicus, Donne, Bacon, Newton, Gulliver’s Travels (in Laputa), Alexander Pope, Riemann, Einstein, Marconi, Heisenberg, Heidegger, life-world (Husserl, Habermas), Hardy, Korzybski, CP Snow, Leavis, Feynman, Deleuze, Wilson, Levi-Strauss, & Buffett, among others. Were there ever any polymaths? We look at the possible link between the establishment of the Royal Society (like a trade union), Newtonian physics, colonialism, and Hitler? Is there consilience & bricolage in knowledge (a la ingredients in a salad bowl)? Do ideas have a rhizomatic structure? Is Mathematics closer to art than to science? Has man’s desire to understand nature led to the ‘anthropocene life-world’ (with disciplines such as digital humanities and cybernetics)? Does ‘episteme’ have to become an easy-to-use ‘API’ to spread? Does a platform (created by designers & engineers) have to be so easy that it is beautiful (a la Angry Birds, Airbnb, Square)? The importance of ‘groundedness’; is “T-shaped” interdisciplinarity the only possible form? The importance of a ‘gifted person’ to make connections. The SynTalkrs are: Prof. Prafulla C. Kar (literature, philosophy, Centre for Contemporary Theory, Vadodara), Prof. M. S. Raghunathan (mathematics, IIT Bombay, ex-TIFR, Mumbai), & Kunal Shah (computer sciences, philosophy, Freecharge, Mumbai)

Jaksot(206)

#TEOEE (The Echo Of Extreme Experiences) --- SynTalk

#TEOEE (The Echo Of Extreme Experiences) --- SynTalk

Who writes autobiographies? Is movement a choice for you? Do you plan to go back home? Have you had to leave ‘home’, forever, with fish still frying in the pan? Are you under chronic stress? Are viole...

16 Huhti 1h 19min

#TNATP (The Narrator And The Proscenium) --- SynTalk

#TNATP (The Narrator And The Proscenium) --- SynTalk

Are you a narr-actor or a spect-actor? Are you best placed to narrate your own story? Why do those things not get talked about? Do narrations create selves? Can one perceive differently than one sees?...

11 Maalis 1h 13min

#TTEHOW (The To-Each-Her-Own World) --- SynTalk

#TTEHOW (The To-Each-Her-Own World) --- SynTalk

How standard are you? What does it mean to be an Individual? Are you a Hutterite? Must charities be voluntary? What about orphans? Should the State tell us what to do? What might absence of State lead...

15 Helmi 1h 14min

#TPLOD (The Plunge Lines Of Diversity) --- SynTalk

#TPLOD (The Plunge Lines Of Diversity) --- SynTalk

Has it always been the Anthropocene? Do you care about the ‘powerless’ Nicobar? How old is biodiversity? Why does anyone want to be a conservationist? What is the kind of variety that we wish to prese...

20 Joulu 20251h 24min

#TRAP (The Rhythms And Perturbations) --- SynTalk

#TRAP (The Rhythms And Perturbations) --- SynTalk

Are our brains log-normal? Why is breathing rhythmic? Why is there a hum in the universe? Do our hearts beat chaotically? Are the (stock) markets random and ‘unbounded’? What is a market? How is Mercu...

6 Joulu 20251h 14min

#TEOR (The Effects Of Rights) --- SynTalk

#TEOR (The Effects Of Rights) --- SynTalk

Are you a born criminal? Is genocide ever justified? Is meritocracy a ‘garbage’ concept? What are the entitlements that you have by virtue of being a human being? Do rights exist because the State exi...

6 Syys 20251h 15min

#TEST (The Entangled Sweet Tooth) --- SynTalk

#TEST (The Entangled Sweet Tooth) --- SynTalk

How many meals do you have time for? Why do sweets make you happy? Does fruit sugar (fructose) need insulin? Why does sugar spike? Are oranges and grapes differently sweet? Has sugar always been a tra...

30 Elo 20251h 8min

#TGIP (The Goddesses In Particular) --- SynTalk

#TGIP (The Goddesses In Particular) --- SynTalk

How do you look at women? Do Goddesses follow Gods? Is the ultimate Reality an ‘It’? What’s the relationship between matter and energy? Are dualities necessarily conflictual? Is Eve inferior to Adam? ...

4 Tammi 20251h 17min

Suosittua kategoriassa Yhteiskunta

i-dont-like-mondays
sita
olipa-kerran-otsikko
kaksi-aitia
hupiklubi
siita-on-vaikea-puhua
ihme-ja-kumma
uutiscast
poks
antin-palautepalvelu
gogin-ja-janin-maailmanhistoria
kolme-kaannekohtaa
rss-murhan-anatomia
mamma-mia
yopuolen-tarinoita-2
aikalisa
meidan-pitais-puhua
loukussa
rss-palmujen-varjoissa
kummitusjuttuja