Re: [-empyre-] Writing and Pattern Flows

[Kenneth Newby <knewby@sfu.ca>]

Hi Jim,

Polyani's field in this case is philosiphy/science and the goal is a 
critique of pure rationality (logical positivism) and a recuperation of 
meaning through myth, art and a spiritual impulse.  Not that he wants 
to break with rationality, but rather integrate it with these other 
modes of knowing and making meaning.  I've found myself increasingly 
interested in this topic myself as I struggle with the clash of 
cultures in an interdisciplinary school (art, design, IT) at our 
university where ideas like these are contested (not that that's 
necessarily a bad thing).

Kenneth.


On 9-Oct-05, at 3:36 AM, Jim Andrews wrote:

> What is the goal of Polyani's writing? Is it work in
> AI? Semantics? Something else?
_________________________________
Kenneth Newby — Computational Poetics
School for Interactive Arts & Technology
Simon Fraser University       778.858.0359
_________________________________