Perspectivism


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Is there never a right view? 


Maybe not


Let's say that there are many planets with intelligent life in our universe and of course they have their own view - that's perspectivism: there are never just one perspective of a phenomena, but a lot perspectives - 
















  

 


not understand their views. 


 Do our brains and our consciousness compose even such things as mathematics 



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mathematics is "out there", as Pythagoras and his modern followers think, then there may be absolute truth - anyway in science.  


  


 

 


what about art, religion and the things that give life meaning for us?


 

I'm sure the inhabitants in different planets will have different opinions about that. 




Inour time, which in the west are quite secular, many of us find the meaning in nature  and we may include certain people in what we call nature. Maybe the near and dear ones.





I suggest an answer to what is most important on the surface of the Earth: Diversity 


Let's say that there are good for the universe to know it selves from different point of views. Then diversity in lifeforms on different planets will be important too.






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- I suggest a form of universal   meaning : diversity 


If it's true we are on the wrong path now as we are destroying much of the original nature. I think we need the wink from another world in the eye of a hare. Or the sight of a lifeforms like mushrooms.



From the forest's point of view - we may use our imagination to find out -as long as we feel something for a forest - and with a forest I don't mean a tree-plantation for us humans to harvest. 





maybe is of great value for the universe, but not too many of us - and for sure not too similar. 





Here's paintings of a Swedish artist, Lars Lerin, who has found meaning in the nature and to do paintings of it. 






  







Is seems that he includes the houses in what we call nature. And that may be an important perspective; we are also nature, also the houses, the computers and the moon-rockets. As much as an anthill is nature too. Hello inhabitants of other planets! What do you say about that perspective?
 
An example of 40 perspectives in one choir;
 a 40 voice motet by Thomas Tallis -  




 


 






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