A German physicist and educator tries to capture an experience of light in
the simple yet profound terms that can enliven the understanding of a
child. You will find here also a brief introduction to the life and work
of Martin Wagenschein.
Direct Experience
pp. 5-7, 17
by Ronald Brady
Can our sense experience be educated and trusted? If not, what is science
based upon? Philosopher Ronald Brady explores the relation between sense
experience and knowing along lines you almost certainly never encountered
in school. We do not reproduce his article here because it is excerpted
from from a longer essay that forms Chapter 1 of a book we have made
available online. The book is called
Being on Earth:
Practice In Tending the Appearances
A young woman who has worked with cows for ten years tries to discipline
her observation of these familiar - or not so familiar? - animals. This
is her student paper presented at the conclusion of the spring 2006
Goethean Science course at The Nature Institute.
Can we gain our scientific concepts through openness to the world instead
of imposing them on the world? It's the difference between a living
thinking that respects the phenomena, on one hand, and a habitual thinking
that cuts us off from the phenomena, on the other. By looking at the plant
world we can begin to appreciate the nature of living thinking.
