Tools for Cleverness. Art. In November 1855, the Great Ansei Earthquake struck the city of Edo (now Tokyo), claiming 7,000 lives and inflicting widespread damage. Within days, a new type of color woodblock print known as namazu-e (lit. "catfish pictures") became popular among the residents of the shaken city. These prints featured depictions of mythical giant catfish (namazu) who, according to popular legend, caused earthquakes by thrashing about in their underground lairs. In addition to providing humor and social commentary, many prints claimed to offer protection from future earthquakes. 1. Earthquake victims take revenge on the giant catfish responsible for the destruction [+] The popularity of namazu-e exploded, and as many as 400 different types became available within weeks. 2. Namazu are normally kept under control by the god Kashima using a large rock known as kaname-ishi. 3. This print shows a namazu engaged in a fierce game of "neck tug-of-war" with the god Kashima. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
Namazue 1. Process philosophy. History[edit] In Ancient Greek thought[edit] An early expression of this viewpoint is in Heraclitus's fragments. He posits strife, ἡ ἔρις (strife, conflict), as the underlying basis of all reality defined by change.[4] The balance and opposition in strife were the foundations of change and stability in the flux of existence. Twentieth century[edit] Process thought describes truth as "movement" in and through determinates (Hegelian truth), rather than describing these determinates as fixed concepts or "things" (Aristotelian truth). Whitehead's Process and Reality[edit] Alfred North Whitehead began teaching and writing on process and metaphysics when he joined Harvard at 63 years of age.[6] In his book Science and the Modern World (1925), Whitehead noted that the human intuitions and experiences of science, aesthetics, ethics, and religion influence the worldview of a community, but that in the last several centuries science dominates Western culture.
[edit] Whitehead's actual entities[edit] Alfred North Whitehead. In his early career Whitehead wrote primarily on mathematics, logic, and physics. His most notable work in these fields is the three-volume Principia Mathematica (1910–13), which he co-wrote with former student Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica is considered one of the twentieth century's most important works in mathematical logic, and placed 23rd in a list of the top 100 English-language nonfiction books of the twentieth century by Modern Library.[44] Whitehead's process philosophy argues that "there is urgency in coming to see the world as a web of interrelated processes of which we are integral parts, so that all of our choices and actions have consequences for the world around us. "[28] For this reason, one of the most promising applications of Whitehead's thought in recent years has been in the area of ecological civilization and environmental ethics pioneered by John B.
Cobb, Jr.[45] Life[edit] Whewell's Court north range at Trinity College, Cambridge. Views on education[edit]