ABSTRACT
Yet , s ince, as G o e t h e p o i n t e d ou t , t o n a m e is to c r ea t e , it is n e a r l y i m p o s s i b l e to res i s t t r e a t i n g a n y t h i n g w i th a n a m e as if it e x i s t e d in s o m e t a n g i b l e , o p e r a t i o n a l sense . T h i s s e e m s pa r t i cu l a r ly t h e case f o r t h o s e s t r u g g l i n g w i th t h e legacy of " m o d e r n " sc ience, w h i c h d e s c r i b e d a w o r l d r e d u c e d to m a t t e r in m o t i o n c o n t r o l l e d by d e t e r m i n i s t i c f o r c e laws. T h i s r ad i ca l r e d u c t i o n i s m p r o v e d t o o i m p o v e r i s h e d a p a r a d i g m to a p p l y successful ly to m u c h of r ea l i t ya n d w h a t was d e s c r i b e d p r o v e d a l i en t o h u m a n e x p e r i e n c e a n d a s p i r a t i o n s . " M o d e r n " sc ience d e n u d e d n a t u r e of f r e e d o m , creat ivity, a n d va lue . I ts e x p l a n a t o r y w a s t e l a n d is n o t , of cour se , u t t e r ly b a r r e n — a n y o n e w i s h i n g to k n o w why rocks fall , p l a n e t s o rb i t , o r a i r p l a n e s fly will b e q u i t e sa t i s f ied w i th t h e p u r e l y phys ica l e x p l a n a - t i ons " N e w t o n i s m " p r o v i d e s . B u t a n y o n e s e e k i n g to u n d e r s t a n d h o w l ife evolves, p e o p l e c h o o s e , o r even t s a c q u i r e " m e a n i n g " will b e t e m p t e d t o t u r n f r o m i n h e r i t e d sc ient i f ic e x p l a n a t i o n s .
