Alchemical research Much of what are known as Isaac Newton’s occult studies can largely be attributed to his study of alchemy.[2] Newton was deeply interested in all forms of natural sciences and materials science, an interest which would ultimately lead to some of his better-known contributions to science. During Newton’s lifetime, the study of chemistry was still in its infancy, so many of […]
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SYNOPSIS: The book “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” by Thomas S. Kuhn is a landmark in intellectual history that challenges the traditional view of the history of science. Kuhn critiques the dominant “logical empiricist approach” and argues that scientific advances cannot be viewed as isolated events, but as movements within what he defines as a
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In the annals of unconventional scientific history, few figures are as intriguing as Alexander Leonidovich Chizhevsky (1897–1964). A true Soviet-era polymath—biophysicist, historian, poet, and painter—Chizhevsky dared to propose a radical, all-encompassing theory: that the rhythm of human history is dictated by the Sun. Chizhevsky was a pioneer of heliobiology (the study of the sun’s effect on biology)
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“I would go beyond Peirce to suggest a unity between truth and reality, truth and perspective, and the humanistic world and the transcendental world. Perspective seeking verses truth seeking can be viewed as another version of the subject-object spilt introduced by DesCartes. Barrett (1986) criticized this dualism as unnecessary: Most modern philosophers ranging from phenomenologists
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William Stanley Jevons (1835-1882) English economist and logician Jevons’ Sunspot Theory: From Curious Coincidence to Discredited Idea In the late 19th century, the prominent British economist William Stanley Jevons proposed a fascinating, albeit unusual, explanation for the recurring boom-and-bust cycles of the economy: sunspots. This theory, linking celestial activity to earthly commercial crises, has a rich history, a
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For centuries, ancient civilizations have been fascinated with the movements of the celestial bodies, particularly the sun and the moon. They have observed the cycles of these celestial bodies and how they coincide with the body’s own cycles, leading to predictions and a deeper understanding of the universe. These sages and shamen understood the relationship
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The authors offer the following text to the public both realistically and with hope. Within the scientific world, large-scale movements tending towards unification seem powerless confronted with the information explosion of research and historicism in the philosophy of science. Outside of science, we notice also that both religious and secular ideologies claiming to energize mass
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Jacques Ellul comments that while Technique is able to liberate man from the constraints of time and space that can never engender freedom. Ellul seems to point out that Technique is not a simple phenomena which releases mankind from constraint. Rather he points out that what Technique does is replace older, natural constraints with new
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I think that the ancients realized this relationship through yoga and self study. By observing the body’s cycle superimposed over the calendar’s these sages and shamen made predictions based on their understanding of the celestial dynamics. As records and observations improved, the calendar has changed significantly and holidays moved to suit these observations. The heliocentric understanding of universe seemed
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We are all familiar with the idea of holiday stress. That feeling that time is going by faster and faster from the end of October until New Years. Usually this is attributed to the pressures of buying gifts, seeing family, obligatory festivities, etc. Holidays were intended to be joyous celebrations bringing together people in the
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