Art Upsets, Science Reassures
One of the things that differentiate the human race from other forms of life is our ability to reason. The uniqueness of each individual, however, causes us to reason in different ways. An individual’s reasoning can be categorized into two primary groups: reasoning based on emotion and instinct versus reasoning based on logic and concrete facts. These two categories are sometimes known as art and science, respectively. It is commonly believed that “Art upsets, while science reassures”, however further philosophical analysis questions this, by examining “Science reassures, while art upsets” as an equally valid statement.Although both art and science are branches of knowledge that have the ability to simultaneously reassure and upset, they use different approaches in their formation. Art is the spontaneous documentation of emotions based on one’s own perception of life. This is contrasted with science, which is a systemized process involving observation and experiments that results in the formation of a hypothesis leading to a theory. Science that is at the foundation is systematized, based on logic, and has a set structure. The laboratory science, however, can be messy and tentative, complicating the question of whe
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Approximate Word count = 1570
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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