Dialectic
Suffered from writer's block for the past couple of weeks. There was nothing to blog about and this blog was in danger of coming to a pusillanimous end after starting out brightly.
Two consecutive weeks of intermediate law course really had me admiring the beauty of Law and the way lawyers employ them to support their arguments. Coming from an academic background (sociology) that thrives on the debate between differing schools of thought, I have come to appreciate the attraction that ambivalence holds.
A lecturer once told me that debates and contending points of view keep academic disciplines alive. Those disciplines without room for argument and where all their theories are agreed upon are moribund and may shortly cease to exist in the future.
However, there are others who love the sense of security, stability and predictability bestowed by numbers and formulas. There will always be a rational and logical conclusion or answer waiting for them at the end of the day.
Which end of the dialectic do you prefer? The divergent-thinking and endless space to manoeuver afforded by the humanities and social sciences, or the precision and convergent-thinking associated with scientific, mathematical, and statistical research?
The World Today in History
On Oct. 25, 1971, the United Nations General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.
Two consecutive weeks of intermediate law course really had me admiring the beauty of Law and the way lawyers employ them to support their arguments. Coming from an academic background (sociology) that thrives on the debate between differing schools of thought, I have come to appreciate the attraction that ambivalence holds.
A lecturer once told me that debates and contending points of view keep academic disciplines alive. Those disciplines without room for argument and where all their theories are agreed upon are moribund and may shortly cease to exist in the future.
However, there are others who love the sense of security, stability and predictability bestowed by numbers and formulas. There will always be a rational and logical conclusion or answer waiting for them at the end of the day.
Which end of the dialectic do you prefer? The divergent-thinking and endless space to manoeuver afforded by the humanities and social sciences, or the precision and convergent-thinking associated with scientific, mathematical, and statistical research?
The World Today in History
On Oct. 25, 1971, the United Nations General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.
posted by Roughneck Leo at 10:27 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home