Truth value of the animations

Dynamic Exploration of Value Configurations: Interrelating traditional cultural symbols through animation (Part #3)

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As an exploratory experiment, the issue of whether the various results and associated mappings are "true" or "correct" is not an immediate concern. Similarly, especially on the occasion of a meeting of the World Academy of Art and Science on values and ethics, the issue of whether the results are of "scientific" or "aesthetic" value is also not an immediate concern. Indeed, the animations may be better understood beyond the binary categorization normally favoured:

• in the latter case, rather than Science or Art, it is a question Science-And-Art, or Neither-Science-Nor-Art.
• in the former case, rather than Truth or Not-Truth, it is a question of Truth-And-Not-Truth, or Neither-Truth-Nor-Not-
  Truth.
• and similarly, rather than Serious or Not-Serious, it is a question of Serious-And-Not-Serious, or Neither-Serious-Nor-Not-Serious

This is consistent with the arguments for a quadrilemma articulated by Kinhide Mushakoji (Global Issues and Interparadigmatic Dialogue. Torino, Albert Meynier, 1988), Hopefully the animations merit the judgement of the Italian aphorism: Si non e vero, é ben trovato which might be usefully rendered here as If it is not true, it is nevertheless appropriate. Animations can be understood in terms of design, whether their validity is evaluated in terms of scientific or aesthetic criteria -- especially given the elegance considered a characteristic of interesting theories.

It is appropriate to note that the hexagrams that are one feature of the animations form part of the I Ching (Yi Jing or Book of Changes) which were long a feature of governance within the Chinese civilization -- and required reading by entrants to the civil service of the time. The terms traditionally associated with them offer an interesting cognitive bridge between values and strategic decisions (as is evident in the screen shot below). The possible current relevance of their complex relationships to policy-making cycles can be explored separately (Interrelationships between 64 Complementary Approaches to Policy-making, 2007; Documents relating to Sustainable Policy, 2006; Transformation Metaphors, 1997). The use of the circle of I Ching hexagrams was first explored with respect to "networking" (Networking Alternation: an alternation network of 384 pathways of organizational transformation, 1983). The case for the exploration of such metaphors, especially those of Asia, has been well argued by Susantha Goonatilake (Toward a Global Science: mining civilizational knowledge, 1999).

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