Talk:The Two Cultures
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[edit] Comment
I changed the qualatative/quantatative comment, the meaning of which in terms of this discussion was left unexplained (i.e., it's jargon), to something with more precision.
[edit] Sciences and Humanities
The article Sciences and Humanities has been redirected to here. Should this be so? I don't think such a broad topic should be coming to here (though it is relevant to here) and maybe a disambiguation page at "Sciences and Humanities" should be better. Witty lama 00:52, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
- That redirect seems wrong, but on the other hand, I don't know should be at sciences and humanities - it's such a broad, yet vague, title. A list of all science and humanities articles? - that would be ridiculously long and unnecessary. An essay? Not encyclopediac. ??? - DavidWBrooks 13:57, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
- Seeing the red link I just created due to an error in capitalization, which I hadn't noticed, I'd say the existing article should be deleted, since it reads like the title of something with that capital "H". Nothing links to it (it was only created yesterday), so I may delete it unless anybody objects. - DavidWBrooks 13:58, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
- Sure. Go ahead. I think "science and humaities" should go to humanities (which by the way is this weeks collaboration). Witty lama 12:52, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
- It's pfffft. - DavidWBrooks 14:35, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
- Sure. Go ahead. I think "science and humaities" should go to humanities (which by the way is this weeks collaboration). Witty lama 12:52, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Shakespeare Link
I concur with the recent reversions. The linked page has a tenuous connection to the article. JJL 03:09, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Coleridgeans"
"In Mill's terms, the division is between Benthamites and Coleridgeans." -- There are various references for "Coleridge". For "Coleridgean", http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Coleridgean gives "of or relating to Samuel Taylor Coleridge or his writings". If this is incorrect in this context, please fix. -- 201.50.248.179 13:43, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] does the book "Consilience" try to "bridge the gap"?
Currently the page says:
- Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, a 1998 book written by biologist Edward Osborne Wilson, as an attempt to bridge the gap between "the two cultures"
I realize that this is the pose that the book takes, but I think if you actually read the book you'll find that it's not really what it's about. Wilson is arguing that some day the humanities will be grounded in biology... which is perhaps another way of arguing that the humanities will some day cease to exist.
Or at least, that was my take on the book: CONSILIENCE_PRIZE -- Doom 02:27, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
