What is "Culture"? LO20110

Mike Beedle (beedlem@fti-consulting.com)
Mon, 7 Dec 1998 00:04:43 -0600

Replying to LO20093 --

At de Lange wrote:
> In fact, we do not have such a subject which reflects the
> whole of the physical (material world), living and unliving.
> In other words, we do not have a subject which reflects the
> whole of all the fields of natural studies. I believe that
> this lack of wholeness in the SUBJECT is a serious deficiency
> once we realise that wholeness is essential to the OBJECT nature.

Dear At:

I disagree. Yes we do, it is called philosophy. That' why Newton, Kepler
and Galileo were called philosophers.

When I went to school a few years ago, I asked one of my professors why I
had to study so many different subjects to a my Ph. D. The answer was
blunt: "because", he said, "you are getting a philosopher's degree".

And that's why we use the name "universities", because their education is
supposed to be universal and whole.

- Mike Beedle
Principal
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