Last IS class I was introduced to a new term - Hermaneuitic cycle as an infinite way of looking. Whenever you read or observe things you learn something new.
"Hermeneutics," from Greek hermêneuô, "to interpret or tr
anslate" (from the messenger of the gods, Hermes), is the theory and practice of interpretation, originally the interpretation of texts, especially religious texts. The "hermeneutic cycle" is the process by which we return to a text, or to the world, and derive a new interpretation -- perhaps a new interpretation every time, or a new one for every interpreter. It is clear that this happens all the time. We can understand a book, a movie, etc. a little differently each time we read or see it.
"Hermeneutics," from Greek hermêneuô, "to interpret or tr
anslate" (from the messenger of the gods, Hermes), is the theory and practice of interpretation, originally the interpretation of texts, especially religious texts. The "hermeneutic cycle" is the process by which we return to a text, or to the world, and derive a new interpretation -- perhaps a new interpretation every time, or a new one for every interpreter. It is clear that this happens all the time. We can understand a book, a movie, etc. a little differently each time we read or see it.I found this term as one that can be linked to two other different terms:
The first is – Fractals, or The fractalistic way of nature:
For many years I was fascinated by the fact that there are similarities in the patterns and morphology of totally different things in nature. For example, the Solar system is roughly as the atom structured, and the galaxies are as nautilus. It took a while until I was int
roduced to what the scientists called - fractals.
A fractal is defined as a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole," a property called self-similarity. Because they appear similar at all levels of magnification, fractals are often considered to be infinitely complex (in informal terms).
Basic fractals can be made by repetitive simple geometric steps. For example:
Start with an equilateral triangle, replaces the middle third of every line segment by create a new equilateral triangle "bump". Keep repeating it to infinity, and you get yourself a fractal (known as Koch snowflake).
The first is – Fractals, or The fractalistic way of nature:
For many years I was fascinated by the fact that there are similarities in the patterns and morphology of totally different things in nature. For example, the Solar system is roughly as the atom structured, and the galaxies are as nautilus. It took a while until I was int
roduced to what the scientists called - fractals.A fractal is defined as a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole," a property called self-similarity. Because they appear similar at all levels of magnification, fractals are often considered to be infinitely complex (in informal terms).
Basic fractals can be made by repetitive simple geometric steps. For example:
Start with an equilateral triangle, replaces the middle third of every line segment by create a new equilateral triangle "bump". Keep repeating it to infinity, and you get yourself a fractal (known as Koch snowflake).
The nautilus is one of the most famous examples of a fractal in nature. The perfect pattern is called a Fibonacci spiral.
Snow flakes are another beautiful example of fractals in nature.
A special type of broccoli, this cruciferous and tasty cousin of the cabbage is a particularly symmetrical fractal.So the question is, how come that as more as we explore the world we always tend see and find the same general pattern no matter how deep and close or how high and vast we are looking? It seems that there is like a fractlistic charachteristic of nature and no matter how deep you dig you will always come up with more observations and questions… However, it seems that although everything looks similar and may have the same shape and form its actually different in the details and depends on the observer! That’s where the quantum mechanics effect begins.
The second thing is therefore the link to some of the findings from quantum mechanics that described the influence of the observer on the reality.
For almost a century physicists are amazed by the fact that in all the most careful and precise experiments it appear that the mesurement equipment, the fact that someone is observing on the experiment – change the behaviour of the system! therefore influenced the results. Today, most of the scientist and philosophers on quantum theory claim that the actual thing that happened is – that the conscious mind of the scientist influence the behavior of the system!
The best explanation to the subject is by Dr. Quantum (taken from “what the bleep do we know"):
This kind of influence sounds sometimes like relating to mystical or predjiuce phenomena like evil eye… however, the quantum theory is highly accepted today among scientists never failed to predict experiments results (in the atom scale).
In my opinion, the hermeneutic cycle is only one aspect/discovery that religion scholars found out (and philosophers formulated into a theory) that includes more fundamental inner aspects of nature as can be revealed from natural science and quantum physics.
In my opinion, the hermeneutic cycle is only one aspect/discovery that religion scholars found out (and philosophers formulated into a theory) that includes more fundamental inner aspects of nature as can be revealed from natural science and quantum physics.
Sources
Making sense of hermeneutics -
http://epress.anu.edu.au/info_systems/mobile_devices/ch06s02.html
Foundationalism and Hermeneutics
http://www.friesian.com/hermenut.htm
Fractals –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal
17 Captivating Fractals Found in Nature
http://webecoist.com/2008/09/07/17-amazing-examples-of-fractals-in-nature
http://epress.anu.edu.au/info_systems/mobile_devices/ch06s02.html
Foundationalism and Hermeneutics
http://www.friesian.com/hermenut.htm
Fractals –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal
17 Captivating Fractals Found in Nature
http://webecoist.com/2008/09/07/17-amazing-examples-of-fractals-in-nature
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