FCID - MAPPING OUT FRANKLIN COLLEGE

GREETINGS NOBODY

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HERE IS THE MAP I CREATED OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS/MAJORS IN FRANKLIN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.

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Here is my outline from class on Thursday. I ordered them from fundamental to incidental such that mathematics is the language of the universe and physics is the realization of fundamental laws of the universe - together which form the foundation of knowledge. The tree then continues through the core sciences into three major branches. Science then yields the social sciences which depart into philosophy, the arts which end in religion, and then the humanities thus ending in history. Ultimately history and religion come together into philosophy as well which offers a language to describe the universe through the lens of the human perspective. Note that the philosophy department and philosophy major are not the same as true philosophy.

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IDEALLY THE MAP WOULD BE MUCH SIMPLER, AND SO THE CLASS WAS ASKED THIS QUESTION:

What is the ideal map of Franklin College of Arts and Sciences? What majors seem unnecessary or less important and/or what majors seem to be left out? How ought this college be divided?

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LORD RAVEN

LORD OF THE SKIES

FCID - DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Here are some of the major questions posed in todays class. Some are from the instructor, others from student discussion, and even some from my own introspection.

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1. Are social sciences 'true' science? What constitutes a 'true' science? Does a lack of a strict experimental methodology produce varied and imprecise results?

2. Is the mind either material or immaterial? Can evolution explain the development of man's immaterial mind?

3. Is mathematics the fundamental and irreducible language of the universe? Can all sciences be reduced to mathematical models? Can humanities/arts be reduced to mathematical models? Can humanities/arts be reduced to sciences?

4. What defines consciousness? How can we distinguish the consciousness of the human species from animal consciousness? Can the "uniqueness of consciousness" be explained?

5. What does the question "why" mean? Ought we search for a purpose or a process? Ought we look up (religion) or look down (physics) to find the answers?

6. Can the laws of physics be imagined differently to produce a conceptually varied pool of possible universes? Is the concept of such an omniverse a function of science or philosophy?

7. Under science what is the conceptual relation between theory, computation, and observation?

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Feel free to comment on any of these HUGE questions especially if you didn't get a chance to voice your opinion in class today.

Cheers,

LORD RAVEN

LORD OF THE SKIES