Forging a New Paradigm: On the Structure of the Interdisciplinary and Its Application (Part 4)

Daniel Shorkend

doi:10.22158/sshsr.v3n1p61

Abstract

This article has three sections. In section one, I define my terms which leads to an outline of what this New Paradigm is. In section two, I develop this paradigm and suggest a visualization of it, a structure as it were. This will assist in a more thorough understanding of such a paradigm. Theoretical speculations and modelling aside or rather avoiding a “purely” philosophical bias, I then apply this model to an example culled from art and aesthetics, yet involving, in line with this New Paradigm, other disciplines such as science and sport in order to exemplify or perhaps prove my argument, by virtue of the “mixture” or inter-disciplinary framework as applied to several different variables. This section forms the bulk of the article as such an application concretizes the theoretical framework in specific ways so that the reader will ascertain the usefulness of such a venture, which in turn ought to spur and spawn future research.

Highlights

Theoretical speculations and modelling aside or rather avoiding a “purely” philosophical bias, I apply this model to an example culled from art and aesthetics, yet involving, in line with this New Paradigm, other disciplines such as science and sport in order to exemplify or perhaps prove my argument, by virtue of the “mixture” or inter-disciplinary framework as applied to several different variables
This section forms the bulk of the article as such an application concretizes the theoretical framework in specific ways so that the reader will ascertain the usefulness of such a venture, which in turn ought to spur and spawn future research
In art we look for meaning, in the sense that should we be presented with X in the context of art, it is the assumed practice of art that X as an aesthetic object at the same time ought to be interpreted

Summary

Introduction

The humanities and the sciences as the apparent furthest ends of the spectrum or line or form or body of knowledge, are connected insofar as science is necessarily human science, not so much that reality “in itself”, but our mediation structures (Note 3), namely our means of understanding it (reality), limited by our senses, categories of thought or methods and perhaps, whether the cup of coffee this morning has rendered me alert enough to pen this down With these images and abstractions in mind, I will develop a practical example of how this interdisciplinary nexus can be applied. This will substantiate my argument and convey one way wherein aesthetics; art history; science and sport -apparently disparate and unrelated fields (points or circles)might be connected. I was not able to fully resolve whether that kind of aesthetic experience is an aesthetic one or if it may have a singular or numerous other extra-aesthetic meaning/s to what is “present” refers

Conclusion

A Qualifying Note