In this second of a ten part series of lectures for Russia’s Nasha Zavtra publishing and the Academy for International Cooperation, Matthew Ehret introduces the battle of Plato vs Aristotle as a theme shaping two opposing paradigms over the past two millennia.
An Introduction to Open vs Closed Systems (Lecture 01 of Open System Course by Matt Ehret)
In this first of a 10 part series of lectures for Russia’s Nasha Zavtra publishing and the Academy for Interntational Cooperation, Matthew Ehret introduces the essentials of Open vs Closed system thinking.
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Yes, Matt,
The "vs" is significant.
Platonic vs Aristotelian
Unfortunately, Philodophy 101, in classroom, like 13th grade of demoralized compulsory public schooling, using "Volksschule" Prussian model, was like: "Here, read these several pages of platonic dialogue. See? Clear reasonable thought is not pissible. You can't even prove you exist." [Among students almost completely illiterate.]
~My experience, San Diego State University, San Diego campus, 1985.
mark spark
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