Dynamics of Symmetry Group Theorizing
This is an exploration of partial or inhibited comprehension of insights that are said to be of the most profound significance. Unfortunately the language in which the insights are commonly expressed is one which I find essentially alienating. The formalization considered essential to articulation of those insights is precisely what inhibits my engagement -- despite a degree of intuitive sense of the potential meaning and its value for me.
Dynamics of Symmetry Group Theorizing Alternative view of segmented documents via Kairos 12th November 2008 | Draft Dynamics of Symmetry Group Theorizing comprehension of psycho-social implication -- / -- Introduction Significance of "explanation" Progressive comprehension Psychological recapitulation of historical development of mathematics Knowledge and ignorance Levels of abstraction Defining progressive abstraction and the associated challenges of comprehension Framing the mapping process Configuration of differences Identification with what is described Symmetry as a strange attractor Des
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