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David,
This will bother me for the rest of the week! Best answer I can come up with is "Liberal Arts". It is embodied in our colleges and universities as wholes, but no longer in any of its individuals. Here is where St. Johns is the exception, where the quality you aspire to name, is supposed to be embodied in EACH member of that community, not just in the community as an aggregate. I will forward this to my son at St Johns and see if he has a comment or can send it to somebody who will. Perhaps he will forward it to the faculty at large, although I am not sure that bulk email is something they do. Nick > [Original Message] > From: Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm> > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>; <advisory at santafecomplex.org> > Date: 11/8/2007 9:56:00 AM > Subject: [632 Advisory] wordcrafting > > Gentlefolk, > > I need a word. > > > What would you call a discipline / degree / body of knowledge that > incorporated in a holistic and deeply integrated way the following: > art, humanities, anthropology, engineering, visualization, economics, > imagination, science, craft, computation, math, innovation, creativity, > entrepreneurship, business, change, transformation, transcendence, and > enlightenment? > > And, what would you call someone that had achieved mastery in that > discipline / degree / body of knowledge? > > Polymathics and Polymath come to mind, but Polymathics is incredibly > ugly as a word. > > Nexialism and Nexialist are terms used by A.E. van Vogt in 1950s > science-fiction novel titled Voyage of the Space Beagle (after the ship > used by Charles Darwin in his travels). > > Ideas?? > > dave west > > _______________________________________________ > Advisory mailing list > Advisory at santafecomplex.org > http://santafecomplex.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory_santafecomplex.org |
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To quote Gregory Bateson:
"Towards an Ecology of Mind". rl On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > David, > > This will bother me for the rest of the week! Best answer I can come up > with is "Liberal Arts". It is embodied in our colleges and universities > as wholes, but no longer in any of its individuals. Here is where St. > Johns is the exception, where the quality you aspire to name, is supposed > to be embodied in EACH member of that community, not just in the community > as an aggregate. > > I will forward this to my son at St Johns and see if he has a comment or > can send it to somebody who will. Perhaps he will forward it to the > faculty at large, although I am not sure that bulk email is something they > do. > > Nick > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm> > > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > <friam at redfish.com>; <advisory at santafecomplex.org> > > Date: 11/8/2007 9:56:00 AM > > Subject: [632 Advisory] wordcrafting > > > > Gentlefolk, > > > > I need a word. > > > > > > What would you call a discipline / degree / body of knowledge that > > incorporated in a holistic and deeply integrated way the following: > > art, humanities, anthropology, engineering, visualization, economics, > > imagination, science, craft, computation, math, innovation, creativity, > > entrepreneurship, business, change, transformation, transcendence, and > > enlightenment? > > > > And, what would you call someone that had achieved mastery in that > > discipline / degree / body of knowledge? > > > > Polymathics and Polymath come to mind, but Polymathics is incredibly > > ugly as a word. > > > > Nexialism and Nexialist are terms used by A.E. van Vogt in 1950s > > science-fiction novel titled Voyage of the Space Beagle (after the ship > > used by Charles Darwin in his travels). > > > > Ideas?? > > > > dave west > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Advisory mailing list > > Advisory at santafecomplex.org > > http://santafecomplex.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory_santafecomplex.org > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > ------------------------------------------------ Richard Lowenberg P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-989-9110, 505-603-5200 cell rl at radlab.com www.radlab.com New Mexico Broadband Initiative www.1st-mile.com/newmexico Senior Broadband Planner Design Nine, Inc. www.designnine.com lowenberg at designnine.com ------------------------------------------------ |
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Hermann Hesse already created this title: "Magister Ludi" (Latin for "master of the game") in "The Glass Bead Game". --Mikhail
----- Original Message ----- From: Nicholas Thompson To: advisory at santafecomplex.org ; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 1:34 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] [632 Advisory] wordcrafting David, This will bother me for the rest of the week! Best answer I can come up with is "Liberal Arts". It is embodied in our colleges and universities as wholes, but no longer in any of its individuals. Here is where St. Johns is the exception, where the quality you aspire to name, is supposed to be embodied in EACH member of that community, not just in the community as an aggregate. I will forward this to my son at St Johns and see if he has a comment or can send it to somebody who will. Perhaps he will forward it to the faculty at large, although I am not sure that bulk email is something they do. Nick > [Original Message] > From: Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm> > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>; <advisory at santafecomplex.org> > Date: 11/8/2007 9:56:00 AM > Subject: [632 Advisory] wordcrafting > > Gentlefolk, > > I need a word. > > > What would you call a discipline / degree / body of knowledge that > incorporated in a holistic and deeply integrated way the following: > art, humanities, anthropology, engineering, visualization, economics, > imagination, science, craft, computation, math, innovation, creativity, > entrepreneurship, business, change, transformation, transcendence, and > enlightenment? > > And, what would you call someone that had achieved mastery in that > discipline / degree / body of knowledge? > > Polymathics and Polymath come to mind, but Polymathics is incredibly > ugly as a word. > > Nexialism and Nexialist are terms used by A.E. van Vogt in 1950s > science-fiction novel titled Voyage of the Space Beagle (after the ship > used by Charles Darwin in his travels). > > Ideas?? > > dave west > > _______________________________________________ > Advisory mailing list > Advisory at santafecomplex.org > http://santafecomplex.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory_santafecomplex.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/attachments/20071108/ff2c32b9/attachment.html |
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Dave,
The University of Texas at Austin's Liberal Arts school has "Plan 2" which provides a multidisciplinary education from art, through philosophy and science, etc.. If your BOK goes further you could call it "Plan 3"? Other more serious ideas: polytechnology, pantechnology, gnostology, holistology and omnology. There is a piece on Omnology by Bloom at http://www.entelechyjournal.com/howardbloom.html perhaps it will resonate (and I thought I'd come up with the word.) I suggest an '-ology' because '-ologists' are easy to see. There's little sign of anyone using 'holistology', my second choice. "Omnologist"seems to come off the tongue fairly easily, though it lends itself to: "What do you do for a living?" "Om... I'm an Omnologist!" Hope this helps. Robert Cordingley >> [Original Message] >> From: Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm> >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group >> > <friam at redfish.com>; <advisory at santafecomplex.org> > >> Date: 11/8/2007 9:56:00 AM >> Subject: [632 Advisory] wordcrafting >> >> Gentlefolk, >> >> I need a word. >> >> >> What would you call a discipline / degree / body of knowledge that >> incorporated in a holistic and deeply integrated way the following: >> art, humanities, anthropology, engineering, visualization, economics, >> imagination, science, craft, computation, math, innovation, creativity, >> entrepreneurship, business, change, transformation, transcendence, and >> enlightenment? >> >> And, what would you call someone that had achieved mastery in that >> discipline / degree / body of knowledge? >> >> Polymathics and Polymath come to mind, but Polymathics is incredibly >> ugly as a word. >> >> Nexialism and Nexialist are terms used by A.E. van Vogt in 1950s >> science-fiction novel titled Voyage of the Space Beagle (after the ship >> used by Charles Darwin in his travels). >> >> Ideas?? >> >> dave west >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Advisory mailing list >> Advisory at santafecomplex.org >> http://santafecomplex.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory_santafecomplex.org >> > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/attachments/20071109/0ce119f8/attachment.html |
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> What would you call a discipline / degree / body of knowledge
> that incorporated in a holistic and deeply integrated way the > following: art, humanities, anthropology, engineering, > visualization, economics, imagination, science, craft, > computation, math, innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, > business, change, transformation, transcendence, and > enlightenment? Life? > And, what would you call someone that had achieved mastery in > that discipline / degree / body of knowledge? A master? Rikus |
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Or, anyone's process of exploring life?
> > What would you call a discipline / degree / body of knowledge that > > incorporated in a holistic and deeply integrated way the > > following: art, humanities, anthropology, engineering, > visualization, > > economics, imagination, science, craft, computation, math, > innovation, > > creativity, entrepreneurship, business, change, transformation, > > transcendence, and enlightenment? > > Life? > > > And, what would you call someone that had achieved mastery in that > > discipline / degree / body of knowledge? > > A master? Well, a stretch, but mastering a learning process could be anything from just making the giant leap of beginning it, to realizing that exhausting your search is probably an error... phil > > Rikus > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > |
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