tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post3484178894226670131..comments2023-10-03T08:54:50.508-04:00Comments on Bri Ribaj: Dimitri's Discussion of the Humanities, Part ZweiB.R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00224691839509403692noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-71499079836857723462008-01-15T08:18:00.000-05:002008-01-15T08:18:00.000-05:00Boundaries allow us to compartmentalize knowledge....Boundaries allow us to compartmentalize knowledge. We cannot, after all, work in chaos.<BR/>But I agree with you on the whole. Boundaries may shift and get reconceptialized as needed. After all, the framework should be of a functional nature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-87218466410401616862008-01-15T04:57:00.000-05:002008-01-15T04:57:00.000-05:00Are you calling psychoanalysis a pseudo-science b/...Are you calling psychoanalysis a pseudo-science b/c Freud refused to subject his ideas to the scientific method?<BR/>Not that I'm a proponent of Freud, far from it actually, but couldn't one learn something from his professional choices, i.e., he came from 'science' and later made a decision to shift/move/[progress?] to a (modern) Humanities-type framework....?B.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00224691839509403692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-27770668638159003862008-01-15T04:29:00.000-05:002008-01-15T04:29:00.000-05:00The ancients were not aware of [boundaries], why s...The ancients were not aware of [boundaries], why should we limit ourselves?"<BR/>I don't think we should. There's nothing about the ontology of cognition, at least I don't think so, that lends itself to this particular 'interpretation.'<BR/>I enjoyed your phrasing a good deal. Thank you.<BR/>RebeccaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-15584788822905695172008-01-15T02:55:00.000-05:002008-01-15T02:55:00.000-05:00Dave, what we should come to grips with is that bo...Dave, what we should come to grips with is that boundaries need to be crossed and eradicated. The ancients were not aware of them, why should we limit ourselves?Dimitrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04371252520687226779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-37644907514109194702008-01-15T02:52:00.000-05:002008-01-15T02:52:00.000-05:00Andy, my main point was that deliberate disregard ...Andy, my main point was that deliberate disregard of interdisciplinary boundaries has produced some of the greatest intellectual achievements. I happen not to consider psychoanalysis among the greatest intellectual achievements as it does not live up to its claims.Dimitrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04371252520687226779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-53054648798607668032008-01-15T02:20:00.000-05:002008-01-15T02:20:00.000-05:00Yes, physiological methods seemed way too crude fo...Yes, physiological methods seemed way too crude for Freud and they yielded results much too slow. Freud thought of his ideas as scientific while refusing to subject them to the scientific method. Although reductionism is not the only option in science, empirical validation is. Psychoanalysis, a pseudoscience, became a cultural phenomenon and made us more conscious of the subconscious, but it may have inhibited our understanding of cognition.Dimitrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04371252520687226779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-89846907436261330842008-01-14T23:00:00.000-05:002008-01-14T23:00:00.000-05:00that boundaries shift is something that mot of us ...that boundaries shift is something that mot of us can agree on, whether we are scientists or Hum, folk. Just to what degree the boundaries shift is what we have to come to terms with, perhaps..... right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-37433568687124607602008-01-14T21:59:00.000-05:002008-01-14T21:59:00.000-05:00Dimitri,Am I to understand, per you, that Freud's ...Dimitri,<BR/>Am I to understand, per you, that Freud's shying away from the 'sciences' may be attributed to 'the complexity of the physiological approach to the mind?' So, was he just afraid of tackling the sciences?<BR/>I think I like your take but it does sound a reductionist....<BR/>Thx,<BR/>DanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com