The law of nature
"When we purposely interfere with the course of the processes of behavior, we can do so only in conformance with the same laws which govern these processes in their natural course, just as we can transform outward nature and make it serve our ends only in conformance with the laws of nature. "---- From Vygotsky "The problem of the cultural development of the child."
Vygotsky mentioned Bacon's principle---'Natura parendo vincitur', to demonstrate the way of people mastering of behaviors as well as the mastering of forces of nature. In a very long time, scientists have been following the Aristotelian way of doing research. In the educational field, people also try to teach children to think like adults and train them in logical thinking. I'm not familiar with logic still, but I feel like 'syllogism' which is originated from Aristotle is widely spread among teaching and researching. However, I'm questioning whether that is the most right way for us to study nature and human social behaviors. Since without fully understand the law of nature which is might beyond our human control, how could we merge psychological (or cultural) development of ourselves with natural (or genetic development) harmoniously?
In the third and last stage of children's cultural development, Vygotsky mentioned the psychogenesis of cultural forms of behavior, internalization of external means as well as the relationship between speech and reasoning. I'm thinking about how to develop our reasoning that corresponds to natural development, rather than against the law of nature.
According to Aphorism XXIII of the First Book, Bacon makes a distinction between the Idols of the human mind and the Ideas of the divine mind: whereas the former is for him nothing more than “certain empty dogmas”, the latter show “the true signatures and marks set upon the works of creation as they are found in nature” (Bacon IV [1901], 51). from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/francis-bacon/
Vygotsky mentioned Bacon's principle---'Natura parendo vincitur', to demonstrate the way of people mastering of behaviors as well as the mastering of forces of nature. In a very long time, scientists have been following the Aristotelian way of doing research. In the educational field, people also try to teach children to think like adults and train them in logical thinking. I'm not familiar with logic still, but I feel like 'syllogism' which is originated from Aristotle is widely spread among teaching and researching. However, I'm questioning whether that is the most right way for us to study nature and human social behaviors. Since without fully understand the law of nature which is might beyond our human control, how could we merge psychological (or cultural) development of ourselves with natural (or genetic development) harmoniously?
In the third and last stage of children's cultural development, Vygotsky mentioned the psychogenesis of cultural forms of behavior, internalization of external means as well as the relationship between speech and reasoning. I'm thinking about how to develop our reasoning that corresponds to natural development, rather than against the law of nature.
According to Aphorism XXIII of the First Book, Bacon makes a distinction between the Idols of the human mind and the Ideas of the divine mind: whereas the former is for him nothing more than “certain empty dogmas”, the latter show “the true signatures and marks set upon the works of creation as they are found in nature” (Bacon IV [1901], 51). from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/francis-bacon/
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