Issue4 [synergy小组]polymerwufan第十二次作业

polymerwufanUID: 2219535

TOPIC: ISSUE4 - "No field of study can advance significantly unless outsiders bring their knowledge and experience to that field of study."
WORDS: 399          TIME: 0:45:00          DATE: 2006-12-30

According to the speaker, any field ofstudy cannot achieve significant progress without outsiders' support by providing their knowledge and experience to that field of study. I concede that many areas of study depend on advancement of other ones. However, the speaker unfairly indicates that outsiders' efforts are dispensable to any field. In myview, at least to certain fields such as fundamental disciplines and art field, the speaker's claim amounts to overstatement.

Admittedly, with the advancement in our society, many fields of study are influenced and even determined by the supportof other fields. For example, the biology science was developed very slowly until another scientific branch--chemistry--provides the opportunities to study certain organism--whether plants or animals, even our human as a species--in the molecular level. And as a result, a new discipline--biochemistry comes into being. Another apt illustration involves the economics. Few would deny the fact that lacking the support by mathematics, economics might lose its statistical reliability and accuracy and amount to some assumptions. In short, with respect to some study endeavors such as biology and economics, the speaker's claim seems reasonable.

Nevertheless, the speaker unjustifiably extends his or her assertion to the extent which includes all fields of study. After all, every discipline is different from other ones, and has their own characteristics.When it comes to the basic subjects such as mathematics, although it might offer helps to other fields--just as the example we discussed above, it can hardly benefit from outsiders' knowledge and experience. Perhaps such basic subjects are so primary that they merely act as the fundament of other fields.

Furthermore, another reason why I disagreewith the speaker involves the fields of art. After all, art is the embodiment of human's emotions and spirits. Thus, the advancement of art depends largely on human themselves rather than any other endeavors. An apt example is the great artist--Picasso. His abstract works provided a great influence on the artist field, but it is unreasonable for us to draw the conclusion that this advancement was from other fields. Perhaps it stemmed from Picasso himself.

To sum up, the speaker's assertion might have merits to certain fields, however, he or she perhaps overestimates the significance of outsiders' support and makes an unfair generalization. As to such complex issue, it is more reasonable to make an analysis on a case-by-case basis.

[ 本帖最后由 polymerwufan 于 2006-12-30 21:36 编辑 ]

hyt0303UID: 2254178

数学的例子我不知道别人怎么看，但是艺术这个方面，毕加索的画是抽象派，这个画派受19世纪后期的文学变革影响很大，说是他自己想出来的，这好像太武断了。另外，他的画很喜欢透视画法，这个和几何应该有点关联吧。

westlife007_huUID: 2270665

毕加索不是立体主义吗?

polymerwufanUID: 2219535

关于毕加索我也不是很了解，不过北美范文那篇“艺术是不是揭示了隐藏的冲动”里提到Picasso,作者的观点是这种艺术的变革也可能是取决于Picasso的idiosyncracy而不是社会理念的变革,所以在这里我这么说.其实我对艺术是一窍不通的,呵呵.