Sunday, February 28, 2016

Perspective, Prejudice, Education

Relativistic models in Physics illustrate that from a Frame of Reference, the condition of the Frame of Reference itself cannot be accurately determined, e. g. from a point on the Earth, that the point is in motion relative to the Sun is not immediately perceivable, and is subject to further misinterpretation.  The lesson of the well-known example for Perspectivism is that one cannot immediately perceive that one's judgments are conditioned by prejudices, and, so, reflect nothing absolute about either judge or judged.  But, through education, prejudices can be revealed, thereby altering judgment, i. e. by a broadening of a Perspective, just as the perception of the relation between the Earth and the Sun is transformed via the incorporation of more information about the properties of both.

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