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III.4
Division of Knowledge by Disciplines
Most disciplines
study a part of reality. However, life requires a strategy that is
inter-/multi/
or
trans-disciplinary, that is, life requires Worldview Philosophy/Education (“G”
below).
| A) Humanities |
B) Social Sciences* |
C) Natural Sciences |
| Animal Rights |
Anthropology |
Astronomy |
| Architecture |
Business and Finance |
Behavioral Sciences |
| Arts |
Communication |
Biochemistry |
| General Reference |
Economics |
Biology (Botany, Zoology,
Microbiology) |
| Global Awareness |
Education |
Chemistry
(Inorganic, Organic, etc.) |
| Human Rights |
Geography |
Cosmology (Theory of the
Universe) |
| Languages |
History |
Earth Sciences (Geology,
Environment) |
| Literature |
Psychology |
Evolutionary Psychology |
| Music |
Political Science |
Modern
Evolutionary Synthesis |
| Philosophy*and
Etiology |
Sociology |
Paleontology (the
study of fossils) |
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Religion* and
Theology |
Sociobiology |
Physics |
| *Neither philosophy
and religion nor most of the social sciences have a single model
of the way things are. However, applied evolutionary theory
should
gradually remove the radical division between the natural
and the social sciences as well as between philosophy
and religion. Hence, the move is toward fewer models and
perhaps even
a single model. |
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D) The Pure Sciences |
E)
Applied Sciences** |
F) Paranormal
Phenomena*** |
| Logic |
Aeronautics, Electronics |
Astrology |
| Mathematics |
Agronomy,
Medicine |
Extra Sensory Perception (ESP) |
| Probability Theory |
Computer Science |
Fire walking |
| Statistics |
Engineering,
Metallurgy |
Mind over Matter, etc. |
| Weighs and Measures |
**The
practical use of science through
technology |
***Either explained by the
laws of nature or no scientific
verification available. |
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G) Worldview Philosophy/Education
was added as a new branch of learning because otherwise there
would be no overarching or connecting discipline for the various
branches of knowledge. Worldview philosophy conveys a
comprehensive explanation of the universe and the human condition by
means of examining and integrating relevant knowledge
from the various disciplines (A-F) and the Enlightenment’s major
findings and objectives, see The Age of Enlightenment.
Philosophy, with its emphasis of study on logic (what
follows from what) epistemology (what is "true"
knowledge), and ethics (standards of right and
wrong), offers the skills to merge the various branches
of knowledge into a plausible single model that can be an
internally consistent common groundwork of explanation. If this
comprehensive explanation of the world and of the human
condition is composed from the neutral point of view, then it
can convey a pragmatically higher or mind-enabling
education. The individual can
now form his own modern and moral worldview in harmony with his idiosyncrasies,
needs, and ever-changing circumstances. This personal framework
of orientation and devotion could then facilitate the authentic
and autonomous life together with achieving the ultimate values
of freedom and well-being for the individual and a democratic
society where these individuals are in the majority. |
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