RE: Non-overlapping magesteria
February 17, 2015 at 1:33 pm
(This post was last modified: February 17, 2015 at 1:34 pm by watchamadoodle.)
(February 17, 2015 at 1:21 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:(February 17, 2015 at 12:50 pm)robvalue Wrote: I'm really fed up with this idea that there is a domain of enquiry "beyond science".
Just stop it already. Thanks.
What is beauty? Is that inquiry susceptible to the scientific method?
Science could measure our reactions to different stimuli, create hypotheses about these reactions, test these hypotheses experimentally, ...
Art must have goals and those goals can be measured. For example, some music is designed to be relaxing. Other music is designed to be cathartic. The "Piss Christ" was designed to communicate the artist's feelings about Christianity (I assume). ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ )