Dr. Theresa Bullard
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The second is separation. They would look at every piece as separate from the others. And if I then and they also separated out mind, you know, and spirit and whatnot from matter. Right. So there is that separation that happened as well. And then, you know, we take that and we go to the next one, which is reductionism.
The second is separation. They would look at every piece as separate from the others. And if I then and they also separated out mind, you know, and spirit and whatnot from matter. Right. So there is that separation that happened as well. And then, you know, we take that and we go to the next one, which is reductionism.
The second is separation. They would look at every piece as separate from the others. And if I then and they also separated out mind, you know, and spirit and whatnot from matter. Right. So there is that separation that happened as well. And then, you know, we take that and we go to the next one, which is reductionism.
So if I take a whole thing and then I can break it down into its components and its different parts, and if I understand how each part works on its own, then I should just be able to sum them up and know how the whole works.
So if I take a whole thing and then I can break it down into its components and its different parts, and if I understand how each part works on its own, then I should just be able to sum them up and know how the whole works.
So if I take a whole thing and then I can break it down into its components and its different parts, and if I understand how each part works on its own, then I should just be able to sum them up and know how the whole works.
But the problem with separation is it ignores all the interaction of things and the emergent phenomenon that comes out of those interactions and those relationships and the synergy and And so forth. And then the fourth real principle that came out of the Newtonian science is realism.
But the problem with separation is it ignores all the interaction of things and the emergent phenomenon that comes out of those interactions and those relationships and the synergy and And so forth. And then the fourth real principle that came out of the Newtonian science is realism.
But the problem with separation is it ignores all the interaction of things and the emergent phenomenon that comes out of those interactions and those relationships and the synergy and And so forth. And then the fourth real principle that came out of the Newtonian science is realism.
And realism kind of goes hand in hand with materialism, where it's saying that there is a real, physical, tangible, objective world that is the only thing, you know, taken to an extreme, it says it's the only thing that's real is the material. And it would say then, therefore, that even consciousness and who we are is all just an epiphenomenon of physical processes.
And realism kind of goes hand in hand with materialism, where it's saying that there is a real, physical, tangible, objective world that is the only thing, you know, taken to an extreme, it says it's the only thing that's real is the material. And it would say then, therefore, that even consciousness and who we are is all just an epiphenomenon of physical processes.
And realism kind of goes hand in hand with materialism, where it's saying that there is a real, physical, tangible, objective world that is the only thing, you know, taken to an extreme, it says it's the only thing that's real is the material. And it would say then, therefore, that even consciousness and who we are is all just an epiphenomenon of physical processes.
So those are the four major tenets of the Newtonian science. that goes back like 340 years. And then we kind of add, you know, in terms of today's mindset, we added on to that Darwinian evolution, which was that sort of competition, survival of the fittest. And then you add on to that Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which is also that you have to take care of survival first.
So those are the four major tenets of the Newtonian science. that goes back like 340 years. And then we kind of add, you know, in terms of today's mindset, we added on to that Darwinian evolution, which was that sort of competition, survival of the fittest. And then you add on to that Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which is also that you have to take care of survival first.
So those are the four major tenets of the Newtonian science. that goes back like 340 years. And then we kind of add, you know, in terms of today's mindset, we added on to that Darwinian evolution, which was that sort of competition, survival of the fittest. And then you add on to that Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which is also that you have to take care of survival first.
Then you can start pursuing, you know, more like education and Purpose and self-realization and so forth. So those are like the major principles that got extracted from various scientific mindsets that have come to dominate our world, especially since the Industrial Revolution last, you know, 100 years or so.
Then you can start pursuing, you know, more like education and Purpose and self-realization and so forth. So those are like the major principles that got extracted from various scientific mindsets that have come to dominate our world, especially since the Industrial Revolution last, you know, 100 years or so.
Then you can start pursuing, you know, more like education and Purpose and self-realization and so forth. So those are like the major principles that got extracted from various scientific mindsets that have come to dominate our world, especially since the Industrial Revolution last, you know, 100 years or so.
Okay. So I would say that actually started when I was in undergrad. I, you know, were educated in the classical first, right? So classical mechanics, physics. electromagnetism, you know, just basic statistical mechanics. You know, these are the classical things first. And how does the macroscopic physical world work? And what are those rules that govern that?
Okay. So I would say that actually started when I was in undergrad. I, you know, were educated in the classical first, right? So classical mechanics, physics. electromagnetism, you know, just basic statistical mechanics. You know, these are the classical things first. And how does the macroscopic physical world work? And what are those rules that govern that?