Posts tagged Ancestors

It is usually assumed that there is an inherent structure to the universe and that it is simply a matter for human beings to discover this structure and thereby understand the laws that govern nature, and man. However, it is more and more evident that such inherent structure does not exist in the universe; that, in fact, there is no structure given in nature. And those events or regularities that we might point to as demonstrating structural coherence may only be a function of the conceptual screens we have chosen to cast over the world in order to fit it into a specific framework, usually in order to manipulate things according to the ends we wish to achieve (ends, moreover, which were prefigured in the very conceptual frameworks chosen). The cosmic regularities, periodicities, etc. we might ‘identify’ in nature are, in this light, only contingent structures, the results of the particular frameworks that we chose to apply.The structure thereby established is not ‘discovered’ but created by us; it is variable, and can change depending upon the conceptual screens and tools one chooses. This has happened throughout the history… More >>