Por Qué Hacer Humanidades Es Hacer Ciencia
Science, I believe, consists of the search for similarities among things that are apparently different; the humanities consist of the search for differences among things that are apparently similar. Science and the humanities are the head and tail of reality—viewable separately, but not separable. It is for this reason that I have come to refer to... See more
Russell Ackoff • The Systems Thinker – A Lifetime of Systems Thinking - The Systems Thinker
The arts and humanities need to remember this: they don't have to feel inferior to science, and try to model themselves on them. Like physicists, but in a quite different way, they are in the ultimately important business of understanding the world and making sense of it, not just learning how to manipulate it.
Iain McGilchrist • The Divided Brain and the Search for Meaning
