Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 2, 2009 14:28:20 GMT
Humanology: A General Overview
It seems to me that with pretty much every part of Humanology written up and explained in detail, only one thing now remains to explain: what on Earth it actually IS when taken as a whole.
It is, after all, not really sufficient to say it is the 'study of Humanity' or 'a unified theory of human thought' without further explanation. They are nice summations and that is all. Neither explains exactly what Humanology IS or what it DOES.
Hence this piece, which should more properly form an introduction rather than an appendix. But as long as it's done and comprehensible, all is good, I suppose ;D
Humanology postulates that the study of humanity cannot be divided into Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, etc because it is all, in essence, the study of the exact same thing. That without understanding the species as a whole, it is not possible to understand a single member of it, nor that the species may be properly understood without a concomitant understanding of the individuals to which it has given rise.
Because of this, it is only possible to gain a clear understanding of any aspect of human behaviour by understanding not just what we are as a species, but how we came to be that way.
Thus, every single aspect of Humanology - every guideline - applies on every level of human behaviour from the single individual all the way up to the way the nations of the world interact with each other. There is simply no dividing line and every attempt to create one is false and misguided and leads only to error.
Hopefully, Humanology corrects those errors.
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I figured this might help a few people see just how everything relates - and more importantly WHY it relates!
Ironic when the last thing to be explained is the point behind it all in the first place, but that's me for ya! ;D
It seems to me that with pretty much every part of Humanology written up and explained in detail, only one thing now remains to explain: what on Earth it actually IS when taken as a whole.
It is, after all, not really sufficient to say it is the 'study of Humanity' or 'a unified theory of human thought' without further explanation. They are nice summations and that is all. Neither explains exactly what Humanology IS or what it DOES.
Hence this piece, which should more properly form an introduction rather than an appendix. But as long as it's done and comprehensible, all is good, I suppose ;D
Humanology postulates that the study of humanity cannot be divided into Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, etc because it is all, in essence, the study of the exact same thing. That without understanding the species as a whole, it is not possible to understand a single member of it, nor that the species may be properly understood without a concomitant understanding of the individuals to which it has given rise.
Because of this, it is only possible to gain a clear understanding of any aspect of human behaviour by understanding not just what we are as a species, but how we came to be that way.
Thus, every single aspect of Humanology - every guideline - applies on every level of human behaviour from the single individual all the way up to the way the nations of the world interact with each other. There is simply no dividing line and every attempt to create one is false and misguided and leads only to error.
Hopefully, Humanology corrects those errors.
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I figured this might help a few people see just how everything relates - and more importantly WHY it relates!
Ironic when the last thing to be explained is the point behind it all in the first place, but that's me for ya! ;D